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Supplement Your Coverage 24 The Reserve Components on Many civilian providers now welcome Tricare duty. Main photo, an Air December 2009–January 2010 Standard, but make sure you back it up with a Force aeromedical evacua- Today’s Reserves, Tomorrow’s Needs For supplement to reduce out-of-pocket costs. National Security Reserve Chiefs’ By Terence B. Bernier tion team loads patients onto State of the Force a Mississippi Air National Also in this issue: 4 Days in D.C. 26 Supportive Employers Congressional Directory So much is at stake for the nation, for ROA, and Guard C-17 Globemaster III National Convention for your career, and events influencing all three at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Left are happening at the ROA National Convention. inset, PO3 Zackery Patterson Plus: Keynote Speakers and PO3 Mark Jagielski from The Agenda Professional Development Navy Reserve Marine Expeditionary Boat Detach- Proposed Amendments ment 421 participate in a training exercise with a Representing America 34 34-foot Sea Ark security boat on the York River, Miss Americas visit servicemembers in Va., before a deployment. Right inset, SGT Ashley to express their appreciation. Klipfel of the 443rd Transportation Company, an By Sharlene Hawkes Army Reserve unit based in Lincoln, Neb., per- Making it Work 36 forms maintenance on a vehicle’s axel at her unit’s Supportive employers play a big role in the nation Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, machine shop. All photos maintaining a strong Reserve. courtesy of the Department of Defense. By Jeanne Kouhestani Plus: 2009 Freedom Award Winners Annual State of the Reserves Using the Reserve Component To Best Advantage 42 By the Hon. Dennis M. McCarthy Sustain Commitment; Prepare for Unexpected 46 By LTG Jack C. Stultz, USAR Ready Now. Anytime, Anywhere 50 Evolution of Forces in Reserve By VADM Dirk J. Debbink, USN For the U.S. Army—Part 3 86 Improving Air Force Capability 54 By LCDR Clarence Lee Walker, USN (Ret.), By Lt Gen Charles E. Stenner Jr., USAFR and COL Randy Pullen, USAR (Ret.) An Operational Command 58 A profile of LtGen John F. Kelly H By Eric Minton, Editor Seizing the Opportunity 62 By RDML D.R. May, USCG Science & Service 66 By RADM Jonathan W. Bailey, NOAA Surge Capacity for Public Health 70 By RADM Robert C. Williams, USPHS The purposes of the corporation are to support America’s Indispensable Force 74 By Gen Craig R. McKinley, NGB and promote the development and execution Experienced & Accessible 78 of a military policy for the that By MG Raymond Carpenter, ARNG will provide adequate national security.—ROA Diversity of Service 82 Congressional Charter, 1950.

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radm paul t. kayye, MC, USnr (RET.) • ROA NATIONAL PRESIDENT In This Issue: Looking Forward

efore I get into the meat of my column, this is my at what each one offers and take advantage of them. In addi- first chance in front of our entire membership to tion to these tracks, the abundance of information you will congratulate MG David Bockel, USA (Ret.), on his get in your service sections, as well as at the Expo itself, will newB post as ROA’s executive director. The Executive Com- certainly further your professional knowledge base. mittee went through a rigorous search process and decided at We also have important key speakers lined up. Secretary our November meeting to hire MG Bockel. He has done an of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki, former Army chief of outstanding job for us during his tenure as our Army service staff, will address the National Convention’s first general director and our deputy executive director, and I have every assembly and Joint Services Breakfast Feb. 8. Assistant Sec- faith in his ability to continue to lead the staff as our execu- retary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Dennis M. McCarthy, tive director, particularly at a time when our former executive director of ROA, will give Association needs a leader with good business the keynote address and moderate the Reserve sense to help get us back on track financially Since its founding, Chiefs Panel at the Feb. 9 general assembly. and with our membership goals. The Reserve Chiefs Panel has always been a I’m particularly pleased with two impor- ROA has always highlight of past ROA Midwinter Confer- tant sections in this edition of The Offi- been focused on the ences, and we expect not only the chiefs of cer. The first section I’d like to highlight is the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, and Coast our advance package for our 2010 National future, not the past. Guard Reserves, but also the National Guard’s Convention and Reserve Component Expo in three top officers to participate. We have also February (see page 26). With this convention, invited Gen James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), ROA starts on a new meeting schedule, with one convention national security advisor to the president, to address the Feb. each winter and a National Council meeting in the summer. 10 general assembly. ROA scaled back to only one convention each year to im- ROA is focusing on being a good steward with the dollars prove the quality of the event held in the winter. Some mem- we have during a difficult economic period. In an effort to do bers have expressed sadness about losing one of the annual this and not just recycle our previous agenda, I directed the national meetings, but that has not dampened the excite- staff to be creative in some obvious changes at the conven- ment and enthusiasm in planning for our meeting. tion. First, I’m not going to hold a formal banquet. Instead, The second section I’m excited to read myself was penned I’m hosting a formal President’s Reception. I’ll still wear my by our Reserve chiefs writing about “Today’s Reserve, To- mess dress, and Gay will wear a formal gown. We won’t be morrow’s Need for National Security” (beginning on page skimping on the food, which will be second to none with 42). While the year-end edition of The Officer has tra- heavy hors d’oeuvres. And there will be an open bar. All of ditionally been a year in review by the Reserve chiefs, we this is included in the registration, which is lower than if have instead begun the New Year with a look forward by the we had a banquet. Some might be disappointed, but I think chiefs on issues pertaining to their respective components. most people will see the affair as both elegant and fun. The Since its founding, ROA has always been focused on the fu- opportunity to mingle, talk, and socialize will be maximized ture, not the past. These articles reflect that stance. They are and much less restricted than eight or ten people at a ban- professionally written and should be considered continuing quet table. And I look forward to being able to meet and professional education for all of us. greet as many of you as possible. Indeed, much of the ROA Convention itself surely is con- ROA is discovering and implementing new and inno- tinuing professional education and a prime source to add on vative ways of conducting business. MG Bockel’s editorial to our military fund of knowledge. At the convention, our (page 6) on membership will be given a great deal of atten- education programs will highlight national security issues, tion in the upcoming year, particularly for ROA’s segment of influence policymakers, and bring greater visibility to the currently serving officers. I plan to charge the Membership needs of the Reserve Component. Committee with some tasks that will keep its hands full. We I won’t go into detail here about the convention’s three will continue to look ahead, not behind, as we intensify and seminar tracks—leadership development, legislative advo- hone our efforts to recruit new members, our future leaders cacy, and national security—but I hope you take a close look of ROA.x

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mg david r. bockel, usa (ret.) • roa executive director Who Is Going to Fill Our Shoes? fter six years on the ROA national staff, I have come to feel that our bumper sticker focus on “Serving ROA names MG David R. Bockel as Citizen Warriors…” through education and advocacy executive director. See story page 94. Aoutreach is often trumped by an internal focus on the organi- zation and its governance, politics, personalities, and history. important things we can do toward that end is to shift our “In-reach,” if you will. Yes, we need to have a well-managed primary collective focus from internal debates about gover- organization. But we need a well-managed organization that nance to improving our external efforts. younger potential members want to be part of. Are there any of us who do not understand that if there It is no secret that recent surveys have shown we give the are no younger Reservists to fill our shoes, the organization impression of being an organization of retirees. Just to put it will simply fade away? I stated in a previous article that we in perspective, let me give you a non-scientific, non-technical need a stronger grassroots effort at the department and chap- estimate of who is out there we do not seem to appeal to. I ter levels to recruit and retain these members. Without the am going to use Army Reserve numbers because that repre- tools and information, that is a difficult task. sents the largest part of our organization. That is a task that I intend to diligently focus on during • Officers in Selected Reserve: about 33,000. the time I serve as ROA’s Executive Director. When I met with ROA leadership during the recent Executive Commit- • Number of Selected Reserve members in ROA: about tee (ExCom) meeting, I committed to making this a stra- 6,000, or just over 18 percent. tegic objective, which I call the “ROA Youth Movement.” Remember, this is just the Army Reserve. I would sug- Here are some of the things I would like to do: gest the percentage is similar in the Air Force Reserve, even • Enhance the Joint Officer Professional Development smaller in the Navy Reserve, and even less in the Marine Program and get serious support from the Reserve chiefs; Corps Reserve. Fortunately, I think we do pretty well with our other sea services. • Continue to actively promote ROA’s Servicemembers So, how are we doing Law Center, the only one of its kind anywhere; We must better in getting new mem- • Create a mentorship program for younger officers; bers from the ranks of • Create a program similar to CIOR’s Young Reserve serving officers? I will demonstrate the value Officers Workshop to run in conjunction with our Na- say that our Member tional Convention, and create a separate social program of an ROA membership Services regional re- as part of the workshop; today if we are to cruiters work hard at it week in and week out. • Create a Records Review program with volunteers from recruit and retain Last year, we recruited our senior service membership to assist serving officers who will be going before promotion boards; younger members. I am 3,000 new members. But we have a significant • Create special communications programs for stories committed to making number of non-renew- from the front lines; als—more than 3,700. this a strategic objective, And those happen to • Enhance ROA’s visibility in the national media and cre- be the younger, serving ate a speakers bureau for public and private events. which I call the “ROA Reservists. We need to change our focus from inward to outward, Youth Movement.” Why do they not and we have to start doing it now. Literally and figuratively, renew? It is one thing to we can’t afford to wait. ROA’s leadership has given me three explain what ROA has years to get this momentum up and running. Along with accomplished in the past for Reservists, but most currently securing ROA’s financial stability, it is my intent to focus on serving Reservists don’t remember a time when we didn’t get the objective of adding as many younger, serving members of drill pay or have Reserve retirement. We must better dem- the Reserve Components as we possibly can. onstrate the value of an ROA membership today if we are to Your ideas and suggestions are welcome. We’re all in this recruit and retain younger members. And one of the most together. x

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8 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG On Th e We b : Join the discussion. Voice your view, the lack of opinion at www.roa.org/forum. status as a veteran for long-serving J. Benshoof ’s letter (The levels; and delineate one solution each Reservists is due, in Officer, October 2009, recommends to address an ROA issue. part, to an unfortu- pp. 10–11), I’m moved to respond. With such information, all members nate, popular (and I believe electronic or mail elections can judge who would be best suited to official) attitude would enhance the grassroots founda- receive their votes. Deployed and other that service in the tion of ROA. COL Pattillo noted the members who cannot afford the time Reserve or Guard is numbers of delegates participating in or cost to attend a national meeting seen as a means to elections. ROA national elections are would be able to cast an informed vote. avoid real service. decided by approximately 100 Army, 50 Through electronic or mail voting, we I enclose a bro- Sea Service, or 50 Air Force delegates. would have an organization that, in- chure titled “Men As COL Pattillo indicated, del- deed, utilizes input of members at the 18–25 Years, Do egates are primarily individuals who grassroots’ level. The Right Thing,” can afford, both in time and money, Ellen Duvall published by the to attend the national meeting. This is CDR, USN (Ret.) U.S. Selective Service System (right). hardly broad-based, grassroots voting Springfield, Mo. This brochure is available, free, at your that CAPT Woods and others value. local post office. It reminds the reader CAPT Woods argues that through Veteran Status Reflects View that the law requires men 18 to 25 electronic or mail balloting, ROA Of Reserve Duty vs. ‘Real’ Service to register with the Selective Service would lose the “voting where members Going back to the article “You’ve System. No one has been drafted since choose members who know candidates Got to be Kidding Me” in the May 1973, but if the president and the Con- firsthand.” I have been a delegate to a 2009 issue of The Officer, in my gress decide otherwise, the Selective few national meetings and admit I did not know firsthand those for whom I voted, and I imagine there were other delegates who felt the same. My depart- ment did discuss before we voted; but how many departments are influenced by a few who have strong views (LTC Benshoof ’s letter)? Yes, I had a chance to chat with delegates in noisy recep- tions and hospitality suites, but such politicking doesn’t give me insights as to how an individual will lead ROA. I have voted via mail in several or- ganizations. In addition to ballots sent, we receive brief synopses of the can- didates’ careers as well as information written by the candidates in response to questions placed to them. I suggest ROA do the same. For example, ask candidates to identify activities and of- fices they held in chapter, department, and national ROA; relate what the can- didate has done to increase ROA mem- bership and support active Reservists; review contacts the candidate has had with legislators at state and national

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Service is ready to go. would be made by committees of local seemed to be a specific plan to not dec- In the list of “who must register,” it citizens who might not understand the imate the Guard and Reserve so that, in is clear that “National Guardsmen and damage to a Reserve or Guard unit’s a strategic sense, the U.S. armed forces Reservists not on active duty” must effectiveness. could be quickly expanded if needed register. If the Guard and Reserve are, In May of 1940 (I was 14), the Ger- (read Cold War). During this period, indeed, part of the armed forces of the mans overran France at a time of U.S. some came to see the Guard and Re- United States, it just does not make unpreparedness. In haste, by August serve as avoiding real service. sense to me that its members might of 1940, the president and Congress Now we are in the era of an opera- be drafted! And the decision to draft ordered into federal service almost all tional reserve, with strong leadership, of the National capable people, and equipment. It CONTACT ROA Guard. This was would not be in the nation’s best inter- the era of the ests if local draft boards could pluck Telephone ...... 202-479-2200 strategic reserve, holes in good Guard and Reserve units Toll-free ...... 1-800-809-9448 and it worked. to fill local draft quotas. Fax (Executive/Legislation) ...... 202-547-1641 During the Fax (Member Services / Media) ...... 703-243-1425 Charles R. Strommer Korean and Viet- Fax (Defense Education Forum) ...... 202- 646-7767 LT, USNR (Ret.) nam Wars, there Home page ...... www.roa.org St. Maximin, France

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ROA Headquarters AIR FORCE SECTION NATIONAL HQ STAFF DIRECTORS One Constitution Avenue NE • VICE PRESIDENT • • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Washington DC 20002-5618 Col Scott S. Russell, USAFR MG David R. Bockel, USA (Ret.) Telephone: 800-809-9448 [email protected] www.roa.org [email protected]; 202-646-7705 • JR. VICE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and NATIONAL OFFICERS Capt Leonard J. Sobieski, III, USAFR DIRECTOR, LEGISLATIVE AND MILITARY POLICY [email protected] • PRESIDENT CAPT Marshall Hanson, USNR (Ret.) RADM Paul T. Kayye, MC, USNR (Ret.) • EXCOM MEMBERS: Col Kathryn A. Karr, USAFR, [email protected]; 202-646-7713 [email protected] [email protected]; Lt Col Ann P. Knabe, USAFR; Col David M. Leta, USAF (Ret.), [email protected] DIRECTOR, MEMBER SERVICES NATIONAL PRESIDENT-ELECT Col William L. Holahan, USMCR (Ret.) Col Walker M. Williams, III, USAF (Ret.) CHAIRMAN, DEPARTMENT [email protected]; 202-646-7727 [email protected] NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS • IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Lt Col Donald L. Stockton, USAFR (Ret.) DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC DEFENSE EDUCATION COL D. Ladd Pattillo, USAR (Ret.) [email protected] Robert Feidler [email protected] [email protected]; 202-646-7717 VICE PRESIDENT CIOR/U.S. • • JUDGE ADVOCATE MG Robert W. Smith III, USAR (Ret.) DIRECTOR, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MAJ William B. Pentecost, Jr., USAR [email protected] J. Richard Thralls [email protected] [email protected]; 202-646-7721 • • NATIONAL TREASURER VICE PRESIDENT CIOMR/U.S. COL William T. (Terry) Baggett, AUS (Ret.) MG Robert J. Kasulke, USAR DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY AFFAIRS & BUSINESS [email protected] RELATIONS ARMY SECTION NATIONAL CHAPLAIN Lani Burnett • VICE PRESIDENT Chap. (Maj) Vincent A. Cummings, USAFR [email protected]; 202-646-7758 BG Michael J. Silva, USAR [email protected] [email protected] DIRECTOR, ARMY SECTION • JR. VICE PRESIDENT NATIONAL SURGEON Robert Feidler CPT Dena R. Goble, USAR MG Robert J. Kasulke, USAR [email protected]; 202-646-7717 [email protected] [email protected] DIRECTOR, NAVAL SERVICES SECTION • EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: COL John D. NATIONAL DENTAL SURGEON CAPT Marshall Hanson, USNR (Ret.) Davenport, USAR (Ret.), [email protected]; COL LTC Cheryl L. Becker, USAR [email protected]; 202-646-7713 Judi A. Davenport, USAR, [email protected]; [email protected] LTC Chadwick G. Stoddard, AUS (Ret.), cgstoddard@ DIRECTOR, AIR FORCE SECTION verizon.net NATIONAL HISTORIAN David W. Small LT Steve Guendert, USN [email protected]; 202-646-7719 NAVAL SERVICES SECTION [email protected] (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, PHS Corps, and NOAA Corps) NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS CAPT Henry E. Plimack, USCGR (Ret.) David W. Small • VICE PRESIDENT [email protected]; 202-646-7719 CDR Rafael A. Ortiz, USCGR [email protected] [email protected] NATIONAL SERGEANT-AT-ARMS DIRECTOR, SERVICEMEMBERS’ LAW CENTER • JR. VICE PRESIDENT MAJ Charles E. Fairbanks, USAR CAPT Samuel F. Wright, JAGC, USN (Ret.) LCDR William B. Brooks, USNR [email protected] [email protected]; 202-646-7730 [email protected] ROAL PRESIDENT DIRECTOR, WEB DEVELOPMENT & GRAPHICS • EXCOM MEMBERS: CAPT David M. Epstein, USNR Mrs. Linda Veres Kelly M. Matthews (Ret.), [email protected]; CAPT Donald C. [email protected] [email protected]; 202-646-7707 Grant, USCGR (Ret.), [email protected]; Col James T. Ragsdale, USMCR (Ret.), [email protected] • Voting members of Executive Committee •• Non-voting members of Executive Committee

10 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG Reservists, Not Airlines, Need ficult to work within. I’m disappointed the wars and “actions” fought since Protection in Schedule Conflicts that this new relationship focused 1940. David Small’s article “Balancing where it did. I hope that before that On the general subject of valor and Employer Needs” (The Officer, Oc- relationship strengthens, the average sacrifice, I toured the National Cryptol- tober 2009, page 24) seems to put our airline-employed Reservist is given a ogy Museum a few years ago and was own U.S. Air Force Reserve (USAFR) larger role in developing future policies. stunned to see how many personnel leadership on the side of the wrong Jeff Ragusa casualties were suffered by the cryp- team. Although, if all they want is noti- Maj, USAFR tologic services (Army, Navy, and Air fication, then our airline guys shouldn’t Mandeville, La. Force) during the Cold War: well over be affected much. 200, with Naval Security Group per- I have had one bad experience as a Recent Lack of Medals of Honor sonnel in the majority (USS Liberty, Reservist employed by an airline. It was Signifies General Lack of Regard USS Pueblo, EC-121). Despite this and bad enough to cause me to leave the I find the comments on the lack of much more, the Cold War medal has airline and recently get involved in a Medal of Honor awards (The Of- yet to be issued. class-action lawsuit against them. The ficer, October 2009, p. 20) of great I wonder what the Pentagon has to airline received notification more than interest and very insightful. It would be say about all of this? a month in advance! This article says valuable to see a more detailed analysis Roger F. Jones they only complain about short-notice of the number of awards versus troops CAPT, USNR (Ret.) leave. The airline received printed or- deployed in the field in the course of Broomall, Pa. ders in advance! This article says they only complain when they can’t get orders even after the fact. The airline called my scheduler, my squadron com- mander, my wing commander, and said Give the gift of Independence. they called the Air Force Reserve Com- mand commander! This article says they need better access to our military leaders. Celebrate your independence this 4th of July Hasn’t there already been a success- with a Premier Walk-In Bath. ful lawsuit against an airline for the Independence and security are only a phone call away. way it treated Reservists? Has there If you or a loved one struggle taking a bath, talk to us at Premier about our extensive range of walk-in baths. been any successful legal action against s%NJOYARELAXINGBATHAGAIN WITHOUTTHEFEAROFSLIPPING abusive Reservists? I’m guessing that or falling. the primary offenders of current law are s4HEWALK INDOORFEATUREALLOWSEASYACCESSANDEXITING airlines and not Reservists. Yet the new policy seems to support the airlines. s JETSSOOTHEAWAYYOURACHES and pains. The airlines mismanage their re- sources whether they are Reservists or not. They have extensive labor con- “Proudly Made In the USA” tracts that spell out what they want (oftennot in keeping with current law). R Yes! Please send me a FREE COLOR BROCHURE about And now they seem to have created an Premier Walk-In Baths. Name alliance with our USAFR leadership. Telephone This one policy is not a big change nor Address City a big problem. What concerns me is the State Zip apparent alliance. There are many ways Send to: Premier Bathrooms Inc. 2330 South Nova Rd., South Daytona, 32119 CODE 90079 that the USAFR leadership could help “Transform your #!,,./7s4/,,&2%% Reservists by striking much different bathroom and deals with the Air Transport Associa- transform your life.” Offer subject to approval ~ Karen Grassle 1- 800-578-2899 tion. Current airline policies are dif- from GE Money Bank 3/52#%#/$%

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CAPT MARSHALL A. HANSON, USNR (RET.) • ROA DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATION ‘A First Step’ The 2010 NDAA signals a new direction in defense spending, achieving some ROA goals while coming up short on others.

vershadowed by the National Health Care, Cap and Trade, and promise of new economic recovery bills, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R.2647,O was signed into law by President in the East Room at the White House on Oct. 28. “We have passed a bill that eliminates some of the waste and inefficiency in our defense process—reforms that will better protect our nation, better protect our troops, and save our taxpayers tens of billions of dollars,” the president said at the ceremony. “This bill is an important step forward, but it’s just a first step. There’s still more waste we need to cut. There are still more fights that we need to win. Changing the cul- ture in Washington will take time and sustained effort.” The president specifically mentioned the decision to terminate the F-22 fighter project and new presidential he- The F-22 and new presidential licopter. The legislation also eliminated Future Combat Sys- tems vehicles and grounded the combat search-and-rescue helicopter got chopped, but helicopter. About 12 percent of the missile defense budget end-strength was increased, was cut by jettisoning the kinetic energy interceptor and the multikill­ vehicle, and not investing in another airborne laser. and equipment shortfalls were Yet none of this freed-up money was available to fund ROA agenda items, such as correcting early retirement, fixing addressed in the 2010 NDAA. Chapter 61 concurrent receipt of disability, and retirement pay for veterans with less than 20 years of service. Another issue that was excluded was allowing surviving spouses to col- lect annuities from the Survivor Benefits Plan and Depen- dency and Indemnity Compensation. ROA continues to The bill includes a 3.4 percent pay raise and extends for work these issues. one year certain bonuses and special pay authorities for Re- The bill does include $6.9 billion to address equipment serve forces. It also permits continuation of Reserve Com- shortfalls for the National Guard and Reserve, and specifi- ponent members on active duty during physical disability cally authorizes $600 million to the Reserve Components evaluation following mobilization and deployment and au- for procurement of equipment. thorizes transition assistance for Reserve Component mem- In Fiscal Year 2010, Selected Reserve end-strength is au- bers injured while on active duty. Stop-loss payments are thorized at 358,200 (+5,600) for the Army National Guard; temporarily authorized at $500 per month beginning Oct. 1, 205,000 (no change) for the Army Reserve; 65,500 (-1,200) 2009, through June 30, 2011. for the Navy Reserve; 39,600 (no change) for the Marine Included in the bill is access to Tricare Reserve Select Corps Reserve; 69,500 (+2,100) for the Air Force Reserve; (TRS) Health Care for gray-area retirees. Families will 106,700 (-56) for the Air National Guard; and 10,000 (no continue to have access to TRS should a member die while change) for the Coast Guard Reserve. It also allows an over- under coverage. Tricare coverage was expanded from 90 variance of 2 percent above authorized end-strengths. days to 180 days to Reserve Component members and their

12 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG families who have been alerted before mobilization. Transitional dental care will be enhanced for Reserve Component members Gray Area Access separated from active duty, including access not only to dental fa- cilities but also eligibility for treatment at Veterans Affairs facili- To TRS, but When? ties. Congress is again requesting a report from the defense sec- It’s a good news, bad news scenario. The retary on providing an employer stipend in lieu of Tricare health good news is that gray-area retirees were ex- coverage as an option to Guard and Reserve members. tended access to Tricare Reserve Select with Limitations were placed at 15 percent of monthly compensa- the passage of the National Defense Authoriza- tions for repayment of overpayments of allowances, but recoup- tion Act (NDAA). This new benefit took effect ment is barred if not begun within five years of the administrative Oct. 1, 2009. The bad news is that it could take error. Also, authority to extend legal assistance to Reservists has between 11 to 18 months before enrollment been shifted from the secretary of defense to the service section opens because the Department of Defense needs to develop policy, issue change orders secretaries. to Tricare contractors, and publish procedures. Another ROA success directs improvements in procedures for “The Tricare Management Activity (TMA) uniformed services and overseas voters to request absentee ballots must design complex operational procedures, and for states to send voter registration applications and absentee negotiate significant modifications to existing ballot applications by mail and electronically. States will also be contracts, and introduce changes in the Code of required to have the ballot printed 45 days before the elections. Federal Regulations,” said Thomas E. Broyles, The legislation requires guidance on person-to-person mental spokesman for TMA in an e-mail to a number of health assessments related to contingency operations, which will military service organizations. “Factors beyond help Reserve Component members who return home and aren’t TMA’s control that are basic to the way the fed- directly supported by military facilities. eral government has to process new benefits Moving closer to a Total Force, Reserve Component represen- make effecting NDAA changes within a year moving at breakneck speed.” tatives will be allowed to sit on the Military Leadership Diversity ROA has already met with other associa- Commission, the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Family tions, and letters are being sent to congres- Readiness Council, and on military commissions. sional leadership highlighting that the Penta- Future missions are being examined, with the bill requiring a gon is not meeting congressional expectations report on the impact on DoD drawdowns, including the ability for implementation. ROA leaders will also be of Reserve forces to respond to domestic emergencies. The Gov- seeking support from Tricare contractors who ernment Accountability Office has also been tasked to assess the would be administering the gray-area retirees’ Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) process to ensure that it is access to Tricare Reserve Select. following the law, and Congress revamped membership on an in- The typical response given by the Penta- dependent panel which will review the QDR and produce output gon in this situation is “save your medical re- that Congress needs in order to make informed decisions. ceipts,” but there are complications. Monthly premiums are expected to run more than $170 A proposed Tricare standard inpatient fee by DoD was pro- for an individual and $645 for a family. If one hibited for another year. The conference report emphasized that wants coverage from October 2009 and enrolls Congress is not ready to increase Tricare fees for retirees. retroactively, past premiums will have to be The bill passed in the House 281–146 and in the Senate paid. It should also be remembered that the co- 68–29. Opposition was higher than usual because of objections payment for retirees is 20 percent. to the addition of the Hate Crime Bill as part of NDAA, since Additionally, it’s uncertain who may qualify. many Republicans felt it was not germane to defense. But appar- The secretary of defense in issuing his direc- ently the decision of the congressional leadership to include an tive might limit it to retirees after Oct. 1, 2009. unrelated hate crimes provision in the defense bill made it diffi- Premiums may possibly be higher because the cult for the president to exercise his veto over additional equip- group has already been described as a higher ment included in the bill, such as an alternative engine for the health risk. (ROA will also fight these issues.) x Too many questions remain for gray-area F-35 fighter. members to abandon their current health care insurance. ROA was expected to receive an ad- On t h e We b : “Read about ROA’s weekly ditional briefing in December by TMA and will legislative activity by the “Reserve Officer” release information as soon as the Association at www.roa.org/blog.” learns more.—MAH

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Early Retirement Marshall Hanson answers the frequently asked questions from ROA members on this issue. Is the early retirement initia- Is ROA trying to work this permanent law. A dollar offset is re- tive dead? alone? quired. Both the House and Senate The answer is no to this fre- No. Members from The Military strive to stay within the budget set quently asked e-mail question. Coalition and the National Military by the budget committees. Weapon While the lack of results in this and Veterans Alliance not only sent systems are purchased with discre- year’s National Defense Authoriza- letters of support but also partici- tionary money. Discretionary offsets tion Act (NDAA) is disappointing, pated in visits to the Hill. Collective discretionary, mandatory offsets progress actually was made. In visits emphasize wide support for mandatory. the House, between the 110th and correcting the current early retire- 111th Congresses, cosponsorship ment legislation. What are some examples of increased from 83 to 119 represen- mandatory defense funding? tatives. In the Senate, support in- What are ROA’s future plans? Examples include retirement, creased from 23 to 27. An amend- Working with other associations, military health, Tricare, Tricare for ment included in the Senate NDAA ROA met with key staff members in Life, survivor benefits, and disabil- was stripped out by the House in November and was planning more ity. Concurrent Receipt for Chapter conference. H.R.208 and S.831 meetings for December. The issue 61 medical retirees with less than roll over into the second half of the was also brought up in a round- 20 years was excluded, despite a 111th, so backing will continue to table meeting with House Speaker request from the president, be- (D–Calif.) and Chair- grow. cause of the lack of an offset. man of the House Armed Services What did ROA do to further Committee Ike Skelton (D–Mo.). What about Cash for Clunkers, this provision? ROA hopes to get this issue high- bank bailouts, and the Economic lighted in the upcoming budget res- The Association met to develop Recovery Act? olution. With the help of Hill staffs, strategies with the staffs of spon- These expenditures were off the Congressional Budget Office sors Rep. Joe Wilson (R–S.C.) budget, so they don’t count against (CBO) might finally provide the de- balancing a budget. and Sens. (D–Mass.) tails on how it calculated the $2.1 and Saxby Chambliss (R–Ga.). billion cost over 10 years. ROA has What can an ROA member do? When we learned that the provi- attempted to challenge this num- sion was in the Senate bill, but not ber for the past two years, only to If your elected officials haven’t the House’s, we visited key offices be told that the CBO number is ac- cosponsored H.R.208 or S.831, during the summer, including the cepted on faith by congressional contact their offices and ask them armed services committees’ pro- leadership. If ROA and other as- to do so. Visit www.roa.org/write- fessional staffs in the House and sociations can point out calculation 2congress for the bills and links Senate, the budget committees, fallacies to CBO, there may be a to cosponsors. Don’t take no for and other leadership offices. With chance to get the cost reduced, im- an answer. Anyone in Congress the e-mail letter campaigns by ROA proving the chances of passage. can cosponsor a bill in his or her members increasing visibility, many own chamber. Also, join ROA at offices have given us verbal sup- Why is Congress ignoring the the February Convention and visit port. ROA members must continue parity aspect of this issue? your elected officials on Capitol Hill. to contact those elected officials The explanation given is always If you can’t, visit the local offices. who haven’t cosponsored the two the budget and the lack of manda- Persistence will pay off. The aver- bills. tory funds that are mandated under age bill takes eight years to pass.

14 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG DoD Warms to Climate Change Despite conflicting evidence, policymakers accept global warming as a security issue.

he 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) will eral Register’s proposed change to include a section about the strategic impact of climate EPA rules. “The majority of these change. The yet unanswered question is whether this authors are selected by their gov- Taddressing of climate change will be a dynamic assessment or ernment for their specific view on simply a look at the impact of global warming. climate change, not because of their While only 35 percent of the respondents to a Pew Re- scientific productivity on the issue.” search Center for the People & the Press survey see global However, supporters testify about the im- warming as a serious problem, the administration and a pact of global warming as evidenced in the environment. “Cli- majority of Capitol Hill leadership and their staff hold a dif- mate change is a threat to our national security,” VADM Lee ferent opinion on how the climate is changing. This convic- F. Gunn, USN (Ret.), president, American Security project, tion is shaping U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Last year, told the July hearing. “The Arctic is a prime example of how al- Congress directed the Pentagon to address the national secu- liances will be forced to adapt to realities of climate change… rity impacts of climate change in the QDR, due out early in [The] loss of sea-ice at the North Pole has the potential to in- 2010. For many in Washington D.C., climate change is code crease commercial and military activity by other powers.” for global warming. The Arctic ice cap which, at the same hearing, Chairman With public support waning, proponents need a new John Kerry (D–Mass.) said will “experience its first ice-free rationale for environmental legislation, which is now being summer … in 2013,” is actually increasing in size. A second identified as a national security issue. Supporters argue that year of continued growth suggests a recovery. The 2009 Arc- without new environmental laws, adverse climate change tic ice cap is 24 percent larger than the ice cap in 2007, ac- will threaten unrest, will cause nations to fail, and will create cording to conservative data published by the National Snow climate refugees. Resulting natural disasters will trigger hu- and Ice Data Center. manitarian crises, and states will unremittingly wage war over Temperatures continue to go up and down. Long-term dwindling resources. Arctic temperature records by the Goddard Institute for Senate hearings were held in July 2009 on “Climate Space Studies show the last 30 years as being the warming Change and Global Security: Challenges, Threats, and leg of a possibly cyclical pattern with current temperatures Global Opportunities.” no warmer than 70 years ago. U.S. Weather Bureau records “Not only will global warming disrupt the environ- show it was possible to sail as far as 81N latitude in ice-free ment, but its effect will shift the world’s balance of power water during a similar warming period in 1922. and money,” testified VADM Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), Scientists from both sides of the climate debate now pre- a military advisory board member of the Center of Naval dict we are going through a 30-year cooling cycle. A genuine Analysis. “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change military analysis of climate change should be approached (IPCC), the world’s leading scientific panel on climate not as an indisputable conclusion, but as a series of scenar- change … predicts widening droughts in south Europe and ios. Varying climate change could be threat multipliers and the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, the American South- can’t be ignored, but as James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., of the west and Mexico, and flooding that could imperil low-lying Heritage Foundation points out, “changes to the climate, for islands and the crowded river deltas of southern Asia.” the better or the worse, will occur gradually over decades. But the referenced reports have been questioned. John R. There will be ample time to adjust national security and hu- Christy, Ph.D., director of the Earth System Science Cen- manitarian assistance instruments to accommodate future ter at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, served as a demands.”—MAH lead author of both the IPCC and Climate Change Sci- ence Program reports. “These reports are not always ‘factual’ On t h e We b : To read the full article from which this was excerpted, visit www.roa.org/ but written to give the impression of certainty where large GlobalWarmingDoD. uncertainty is the reality,” he writes in a response to the Fed-

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The Non-Contact Congress Congressional offices seem to law in this past session, these two bills will roll over into the second session of the 111th Congress. The ROA staff thanks be sidestepping correspondence ROA members for the thousands of letters that were sent, from constituents. but also requests that you go online to send a thank you note to the elected officials who did cosponsor. A link to these co- ontacting Congress more and enjoying it less? Feel sponsors can be found at www.roa.org/write2congress. like your elected official doesn’t represent you any- more? Well, you’re not alone. Convention Visits CWhether it was from fatigue due to public reaction to If you are disappointed with the responses, feedback to the National Health Care plan or a counterstroke to the easy Congress is important. The most effective way to communi- access constituents have over the Internet, more and more cate this is in person. The opportunity arises at ROA’s Na- congressional offices appear to be turning a deaf ear to their tional Convention from Feb. 7–11, 2010. Start scheduling constituents this year. Each year, elected officials seem less your visits now for Wednesday morning on Feb. 10, 2010, responsive. which is the last day of the convention. The Congressional During ROA’s write-to-Congress campaigns, a number Directory beginning on the oppo- of ROA members shared the responses they received. “I have site page will help. tried to contact each of the House Armed Services com- Call the Congress member’s mittee member, and they have all turned a deaf ear to my D.C. office, ask for the name of the requested action. They each have asked me to talk to my rep- scheduler, and you will be con- resentative,” a member said. Yet, many constituents received nected, possibly to a voice mail. responses from their elected officials declining action, with Most schedulers ask that faxes be the explanation: “This legislation falls under the jurisdiction sent requesting date and time for of the Armed Services Committee. While I am not a mem- the visit. In the fax, explain that ber of that committee, I want to assure you that I will keep you are a constituent and that your views in mind should this bill come before the full Sen- you would like to meet with your ate.” Unfortunately, individual defense bills rarely go to a elected official to discuss defense chamber’s floor for consideration, but are included as part of concerns. Mention the number of the National Defense Authorization Act. constituents who will be joining Representatives are, paradoxically, avoiding issues by ex- you. Provide contact information changing excuses, so that similarly worded justifications are for yourself, including e-mail addresses and phone numbers. being received by ROA members from different congressio- You likely will have to call back to confirm the appointment. nal districts. Responses often did not even match the sub- To those who have not been corresponding with your ject matter that related to the constituent inquiry. Answers elected officials, confirm who your elected officials are by included incorrect bill numbers or assumed ignorance on logging on at www.roa.org\write2congress. Enter your ZIP the part of the constituent. A basic rule to remember: any code and the software will list your elected official’s contact elected official can cosponsor a bill within his or her cham- information, both locally and in Washington D.C. ber, and the higher the count of cosponsors, the more seri- Another approach is to call the elected official’s local of- ously a bill is taken. fice. That staff will contact its Capitol Hill office to set up Yet, this news is not intended to discount our successes. your meeting directly with the scheduler. The local office During the summer alert campaign to garner support for can provide support in scheduling meetings or discussing H.R.208, from Rep. Joe Wilson (R–S.C.), to correct the law your legislative and policy concerns. If you aren’t able to on earlier retirement, the cosponsorship jumped from 48 join ROA at the convention, schedule a meeting with the to 73 new members. At the time of publication, cosponsor- local office management, which will convey your message to ship is 119 in the House. In the Senate, ongoing contact with Washington, D.C. those Senate offices has increased cosponsors’ support from At the conference, ROA will provide training sessions on 19 to 27 for bill S.831 from Sens. John Kerry (D–Mass.) how to conduct a visit and will issue materials to take to the and Saxby Chambliss (R–Ga.). While they did not pass into Hill.—MAH

16 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG 111th Congress, Second Session

he 111th Congress convened in January 2009. For this second session, use the following directory for contacting your elected officials, Tespecially when preparing for ROA’s 2010 National Convention (see page 26). The Senate has 60 Democrats and 40 Republicans; two Independents caucus with the Democrats. The House has increased to 259 Democrats and dropped to 176 Republicans. This directory identifies members who have served or are serving in the uniformed services (denoted by a “u” before their names). The total number of congressional members with uniformed service experience has dropped to 123: one-quarter of the 100 senators and 98 representatives, including the two delegates from American Samoa and the Northern Marianas. The number preceding the name is the member’s district. After the party affiliation are the last five digits of the member’s office phone number. All members of Congress are in the 202 area code; the phone prefix for the Senate is 224, and for the House, 225. Chairmen of the Senate Reserve Caucus are designated with a †; chairmen of the Senate Guard Caucus with a ‡; chairmen of the House Reserve Component Caucus with a ◊. New members after January 2009 are listed in bold italic; blue lettering was an open race; red lettering means an incumbent lost.

ALABAMA 8 Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords (D) 5-3531 43 u–Joe Baca (D) 5-6161 Senate 5-2542 13 u–Fortney Pete Stark (D) 5-5065 44 Ken Calvert (R) 5-1986 Richard C. Shelby (R) 4-5744 14 Anna G. Eshoo (D) 5-8104 45 Mary Bono Mack (R) 5-5330 u–Jeff Sessions (R) 4-4124 ARKANSAS 15 Michael M. Honda (D) 5-2631 46 Dana Rohrabacher (R) 5-2415 House Senate 16 Zoe Lofgren (D) 5-3072 47 Loretta Sánchez (D) 5-2965 1 Jo Bonner (R) 5-4931 Blanche L. Lincoln (D) 4-4843 17 Sam Farr (D) 5-2861 48 John Campbell III (R) 5-5611 2 Bobby Neal Bright Sr. (D) 5-2901 †Mark L. Pryor (D) 4-2353 18 Dennis A. Cardoza (D) 5-6131 49 u–Darrell E. Issa (R) 5-3906 3 Mike D. Rogers (R) 5-3261 House 19 George P. Radanovich (R) 5-4540 50 Brian P. Bilbray (R) 5-0508 4 Robert B. Aderholt (R) 5-4876 1 Marion Berry (D) 5-4076 20 Jim Costa (D) 5-3341 51 Bob Filner (D) 5-8045 5 u–R. Parker Griffith (D) 5-4801 2 u–Vic Snyder (D) 5-2506 21 Devin Nunes (R) 5-2523 52 u–Duncan D. Hunter Jr. (R) 5-5672 6 u–Spencer Bachus (R) 5-4921 3 John Boozman (R) 5-4301 22 Kevin McCarthy (R) 5-2915 53 Susan A. Davis (D) 5-2040 7 Artur Davis (D) 5-2665 4 Mike Ross (D) 5-3772 23 Lois Capps (D) 5-3601 * Won the special election to 24 Elton Gallegly (R) 5-5811 replace Ellen Tauscher who became 25 Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R) ALASKA undersecretary of state for Arms CALIFORNIA 5-1956 Senate Control and International Security. Senate 26 David Dreier (R) 5-2305 Lisa Murkowski (R) 4-6665 ** Won the special election to replace Dianne Feinstein (D) 4-3841 27 Brad Sherman (D) 5-5911 Mark Begich (D) 4-3004 Debra Bowen who became California’s Barbara Boxer (D) 4-3553 28 Howard L. Berman (D) 5-4695 House secretary of state. House 29 Adam B. Schiff (D) 5-4176 At Large—u–Don Young (R) 5-5765 1 u–Mike Thompson (D) 5-3311 30 Henry A. Waxman (D) 5-3976 2 Wally Herger (R) 5-3076 31 Xavier Becerra (D) 5-6235 COLORADO ARIZONA 3 Daniel E. Lungren (R) 5-5716 32 **Judy Chu (D) 5-5464 Senate Senate 4 Thomas “Tom” McClintock (R) 33 Diane E. Watson (D) 5-7084 Mark Udall (D) 4-5941 u–John McCain (R) 4-2235 5-2511 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) 5-1766 *Michael F. Bennet (D) 4-5852 Jon Kyl (R) 4-4521 5 Doris O. Matsui (D) 5-7163 35 Maxine Waters (D) 5-2201 House House 6 Lynn C. Woolsey (D) 5-5161 36 Jane Harman (D) 5-8220 1 Diana DeGette (D) 5-4431 1 Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 5-2315 7 George Miller (D) 5-2095 37 Laura Richardson (D) 5-7924 2 Jared Polis (D) 5-2161 2 Trent Franks (R) 5-4576 8 Nancy Pelosi (D) 5-4965 38 Grace Flores Napolitano (D) 3 u–John T. Salazar (D) 5-4761 3 u–John B. Shadegg (R) 5-3361 9 Barbara Lee (D) 5-2661 5-5256 4 Elizabeth Helen “Betsy” Markey (D) 4 Ed Pastor (D) 5-4065 10 *John Garamendi (D) 5-1880 39 Linda T. Sánchez (D) 5-6676 5-4676 5 Harry E. Mitchell (D) 5-2190 11 Gerald “Jerry” McNerney (D) 40 Ed Royce (R) 5-4111 5 Doug L. Lamborn (R) 5-4422 6 Jeff Flake (R) 5-2635 5-1947 41 Jerry Lewis (R) 5-5861 6 u–Michael “Mike” Coffman (R) 7 Raúl M. Grijalva (D) 5-2435 12 Karen Lorraine “Jackie” Speier (D) 42 u–Gary G. Miller (R) 5-3201 5-7882

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 17 7 EdwinCAPITOL G. “Ed” Perlmutter (D) HILL*Appointed CONNECTION to fill term of Mel 13 Judy Biggert (R) 5-3515 4 u–Geoff Davis (R) 5-3465 5-2645 Martinez who resigned to pursue a 14 G. William “Bill” Foster (D) 5-2976 5 u–Harold Dallas “Hal” Rogers (R) *Replaced Ken Salazar who was career in the private sector. 15 Timothy V. Johnson (R) 5-2371 5-4601 appointed as secretary of interior. 16 Donald A. Manzullo (R) 5-5676 6 Ben Chandler (D) 5-4706 GEORGIA 17 u–Phil Hare (D) 5-5905 LOUISIANA CONNECTICUT Senate 18 Aaron Schock (R) 5-6201 Senate Senate †Saxby Chambliss (R) 4-3521 19 u–John M. Shimkus (R) 5-5271 Mary L. Landrieu (D) 4-5824 u–Christopher J. Dodd (D) 4-2823 u–Johnny Isakson (R) 4-3643 * Appointed to fill term of Barack David Vitter (R) 4-4623 Joseph I. Lieberman (I) 4-4041 House Obama who was elected president. House House 1 Jack Kingston (R) 5-5831 ** Won the special election to complete 1 Stephen J. Scalise (R) 5-3015 1 John B. Larson (D) 5-2265 2 u–Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D) 5-3631 term of Rahm Emanuel who became 2 Anh “Joseph” Cao (R) 5-6636 2 Joseph D. “Joe” Courtney (D) 3 Lynn A. Westmoreland (R) 5-5901 chief of staff for President Barack Obama. 3 Charles J. “Charlie” Melancon (D) 5-2076 4 Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. (D) 5-4031 3 Rosa L. DeLauro (D) 5-3661 5-1605 INDIANA 4 u–John Calvin Fleming Jr. (R) 4 James Himes (D) 5-5541 5 John Lewis (D) 5-3801 Senate 5-2777 5 Christopher S. Murphy (D) 5-4476 6 Thomas E. “Tom” Price (R) 5-4501 u–Richard G. Lugar (R) 4-4814 5 u–Rodney M. Alexander (R) 5-8490 7 u–John Linder (R) 5-4272 Evan Bayh (D) 4-5623 6 William “Bill” Cassidy (R) 5-3901 7 Charles W. Boustany Jr. (R) 5-2031 DELAWARE 8 u–Jim Marshall (D) 5-6531 House Senate 9 u–Nathan Deal (R) 5-5211 1 Peter J. Visclosky (D) 5-2461 10 u–Paul C. Broun Jr., M.D. (R) u–Thomas R. Carper (D) 4-2441 2 Joe Donnelly (D) 5-3915 MAINE *Edward E. “Ted” Kaufman (D) 5-4101 3 Mark E. Souder (R) 5-4436 Senate 4-5042 11 Phil Gingrey (R) 5-2931 4 u◊–Steve Buyer (R) 5-5037 Olympia J. Snowe (R) 4-5344 12 John Barrow (D) 5-2823 House 5 u–Dan Burton (R) 5-2276 Susan M. Collins (R) 4-2523 13 David Scott (D) 5-2939 At Large—Michael N. Castle (R) 6 Mike Pence (R) 5-3021 House 7 André D. Carson (D) 5-4011 5-4165 1 Chellie M. Pingree (D) 5-6116 8 Brad Ellsworth (D) 5-4636 *Appointed to fill term of HAWAII 2 Michael H. Michaud (D) 5-6306 who was elected vice president. Senate 9 Baron P. Hill (D) 5-5315 u–Daniel K. Inouye (D) 4-3934 u–Daniel K. Akaka (D) 4-6361 MARYLAND FLORIDA IOWA House Senate Senate Senate 1 Neil Abercrombie (D) 5-2726 Charles E. “Chuck” Grassley (R) Barbara A. Mikulski (D) 4-4654 u–Bill Nelson (D) 4-5274 2 Mazie K. Hirono (D) 5-4906 4-3744 Benjamin L. Cardin (D) 4-4524 *George S. LeMieux (R) 4-3041 u–Tom Harkin (D) 4-3254 House House House 1 Frank M. Kratovil Jr. (D) 5-5311 1 Jeff Miller (R) 5-4136 IDAHO 1 Bruce L. Braley (D) 5-2911 2 C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D) 2 u–Allen Boyd (D) 5-5235 Senate 2 David Wayne “Dave” Loebsack (D) 5-3061 3 Corrine Brown (D) 5-0123 Michael D. “Mike” Crapo (R) 4-6142 James E. “Jim” Risch (R) 4-2752 5-6576 3 John P. Sarbanes (D) 5-4016 4 Ander Crenshaw (R) 5-2501 4 Donna F. Edwards (D) 5-8699 House 3 u–Leonard L. Boswell (D) 5-3806 5 Ginny Brown-Waite (R) 5-1002 5 Steny H. Hoyer (D) 5-4131 1 u–Walter Clifford “Walt”Minnick 4 Tom Latham (R) 5-5476 6 u–Cliff Stearns (R) 5-5744 6 Roscoe G. Bartlett (R) 5-2721 (D) 5-6611 5 Steven A. “Steve” King (R) 5-4426 7 John L. Mica (R) 5-4035 7 Elijah E. Cummings (D) 5-4741 2 Mike Simpson (R) 5-5531 8 Alan Mark Grayson (D) 5-2176 8 Jr. (D) 5-5341 9 Gus M. Bilirakis (R) 5-5755 KANSAS 10 u–C.W. Bill Young (R) 5-5961 ILLINOIS Senate 11 Kathy Castor (D) 5-3376 Senate Sam Brownback (R) 4-6521 MASSACHUSETTS 12 Adam H. Putnam (R) 5-1252 Richard J. “Dick” Durbin (D) 4-2152 u–Pat Roberts (R) 4-4774 Senate 13 u–Vern Buchanan (R) 5-5015 *Roland W. Burris (D) 4-2854 House u–John F. Kerry (D) 4-2742 14 Connie Mack IV (R) 5-2536 House 1 Jerry Moran (R) 5-2715 *Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D) 4-4543 15 William “Bill” Posey (R) 5-3671 1 u–Bobby L. Rush (D) 5-4372 2 Lynn Jenkins (R) 5-6601 House 16 u–Thomas Joseph “Tom” Rooney 2 Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D) 5-0773 3 u–Dennis Moore (D) 5-2865 1 John W. Olver (D) 5-5335 (R) 5-5792 3 Daniel Lipinski (D) 5-5701 4 Todd Tiahrt (R) 5-6216 2 Richard E. Neal (D) 5-5601 17 Kendrick B. Meek (D) 5-4506 4 Luis V. Gutierrez (D) 5-8203 3 James P. “Jim” McGovern (D) 5-6101 18 Ileana Ros‑Lehtinen (R) 5-3931 5 **Mike Quigley (D) 5-4061 KENTUCKY 4 Barney Frank (D) 5-5931 19 Robert Wexler (D) 5-3001 6 Peter J. Roskam (R) 5-4561 Senate 5 Niki Tsongas (D) 5-3411 20 Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) 7 Danny K. Davis (D) 5-5006 Mitch McConnell (R) 4-2541 6 John F. Tierney (D) 5-8020 5-7931 8 Melissa L. Bean (D) 5-3711 Jim Bunning (R) 4-4343 7 u–Edward J. Markey (D) 5-2836 21 Lincoln Diaz‑Balart (R) 5-4211 9 Janice D. Schakowsky (D) 5-2111 House 8 Michael E. “Mike” Capuano (D) 22 Ron Klein (D) 5-3026 10 u–Mark S. Kirk (R) 5-4835 1 u–Edward “Ed” Whitfield (R) 5-5111 23 Alcee L. Hastings (D) 5-1313 11 Deborah DeFrancesco “Debbie” 5-3115 9 Stephen F. Lynch (D) 5-8273 24 Suzanne M. Kosmas (D) 5-2706 Halvorson (D) 5-3635 2 u–Steven “Brett” Guthrie (R) 5-3501 10 u–William D. Delahunt (D) 5-3111 25 Mario Diaz-Balart (R) 5-2778 12 Jerry F. Costello (D) 5-5661 3 John A. Yarmuth (D) 5-5401 *Appointed to fill seat of Edward

18 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG Kennedy who passed away August *Al Franken (DFL) 4-5641 Claire C. McCaskill (D) 4-6154 NEVADA 25, 2009. He will serve as interim House House Senate replacement until the special election 1 u–Timothy J. Walz (DFL) 5-2472 1 u–William “Lacy” Clay Jr. (D) Harry Reid (D) 4-3542 Jan. 19, 2010. 2 u–John P. Kline (R) 5-2271 5-2406 John Ensign (R) 4-6244 MICHIGAN 3 Erik Paulsen (R) 5-2871 2 u–W. Todd Akin (R) 5-2561 House Senate 4 Betty McCollum (DFL) 5-6631 3 Russ Carnahan (D) 5-2671 1 Shelley Berkley (D) 5-5965 Carl Levin (D) 4-6221 5 Keith Ellison (DFL) 5-4755 4 Ike Skelton (D) 5-2876 2 Dean Heller (R) 5-6155 Debbie Stabenow (D) 4-4822 6 Michele Bachmann (R) 5-2331 5 Emanuel Cleaver II (D) 5-4535 3 Alice “Dina” Titus (D) 5-3252 House 7 u–Collin C. Peterson (DFL) 5-2165 6 Sam Graves (R) 5-7041 1 Bart Stupak (D) 5-4735 8 James L. Oberstar (DFL) 5-6211 7 Roy Blunt (R) 5-6536 NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 Peter Hoekstra (R) 5-4401 *Sworn in July 2009 following a 8 Jo Ann Emerson (R) 5-4404 Senate 3 Vernon J. Ehlers (R) 5-3831 statewide hand recount. 9 Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) 5-2956 Judd Gregg (R) 4-3324 4 Dave Camp (R) 5-3561 Note: DFL stands for Democratic Jeanne Shaheen (D) 4-2841 5 Dale E. Kildee (D) 5-3611 Farmer Labor, Minnesota’s Democratic MONTANA 6 Fred Upton (R) 5-3761 Party. House Senate 7 Mark Hamilton Schauer (D) 5-6276 1 Carol Shea-Porter (D) 5-5456 Max Baucus (D) 4-2651 8 u–Mike Rogers (R) 5-4872 2 Paul W. Hodes (D) 5-5206 MISSISSIPPI (D) 4-2644 9 u–Gary C. Peters (D) 5-5802 Senate House 10 Candice S. Miller (R) 5-2106 u–Thad Cochran (R) 4-5054 NEW JERSEY At Large—Dennis Rehberg (R) 5-3211 11 Thaddeus G. McCotter (R) 5-8171 u–Roger F. Wicker (R) 4-6253 Senate 12 Sander M. “Sandy” Levin (D) House u–Frank R. Lautenberg (D) 4-3224 5-4961 1 Travis W. Childers (D) 5-4306 NEBRASKA Robert “Bob” Menendez (D) 4-4744 13 Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D) 5-2261 2 Bennie G. Thompson (D) 5-5876 Senate House 14 u–John Conyers Jr. (D) 5-5126 3 Gregg Harper (R) 5-5031 Ben Nelson (D) 4-6551 1 Robert E. Andrews (D) 5-6501 15 u–John D. Dingell (D) 5-4071 4 u◊–Gene Taylor (D) 5-5772 Michael O. “Mike” Johanns (R) 4-4224 2 Frank A. LoBiondo (R) 5-6572 House 3 John H. Adler (D) 5-4765 MINNESOTA MISSOURI 1 Jeff Fortenberry (R) 5-4806 4 Christopher H. Smith (R) 5-3765 Senate Senate 2 Lee Terry (R) 5-4155 5 Scott Garrett (R) 5-4465 Amy Klobuchar (DFL) 4-3244 ‡Christopher “Kit” Bond (R) 4-5721 3 Adrian Smith (R) 5-6435 6 Frank Pallone Jr. (D) 5-4671

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 19 7 LeonardCAPITOL Lance (R) 5-5361 HILLRodham Clinton.CONNECTIONHouse Jim DeMint (R) 4-6121 8 u–William J. Pascrell Jr. (D) 5-5751 ***Won the special election to replace 1 John Sullivan (R) 5-2211 House 9 Steven R. Rothman (D) 5-5061 John McHugh who became secretary 2 David Daniel Boren (D) 5-2701 1 u–Henry Brown (R) 5-3176 10 Donald M. Payne (D) 5-3436 of the Army. 3 Frank D. Lucas (R) 5-5565 2 u–Joe Wilson (R) 5-2452 11 u–Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R) 4 Tom Cole (R) 5-6165 3 u–J. Gresham Barrett (R) 5-5301 5-5034 NORTH CAROLINA 5 Mary Fallin (R) 5-2132 4 Robert D. “Bob” Inglis (R) 5-6030 12 Rush D. Holt (D) 5-5801 Senate 5 u–John M. Spratt Jr. (D) 5-5501 13 Albio Sires (D) 5-7919 Richard Burr (R) 4-3154 OREGON 6 James E. “Jim” Clyburn (D) 5-3315 Kay R. Hagan (D) 4-6342 Senate House Ron Wyden (D) 4-5244 NEW MEXICO SOUTH DAKOTA 1 u–G. K. Butterfield (D) 5-3101 Jeff Alan Merkley (D) 4-3753 Senate Senate 2 u–Bob Etheridge (D) 5-4531 House u–Jeff Bingaman (D) 4-5521 u–Tim Johnson (D) 4-5842 3 u–Walter B. Jones (R) 5-3415 1 David Wu (D) 5-0855 Thomas Udall (D) 4-6621 John Thune (R) 4-2321 4 David E. Price (D) 5-1784 2 Greg Walden (R) 5-6730 House House 5 Foxx (R) 5-2071 3 Earl Blumenauer (D) 5-4811 At Large—Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 1 Martin T. Heinrich (D) 5-6316 6 u–Howard Coble (R) 5-3065 4 u–Peter A. “Pete” DeFazio (D) (D) 5-2801 2 Harry Teague (D) 5-2365 7 Mike Mclntyre (D) 5-2731 5-6416 3 Ben Ray Lujan Jr. (D) 5-6190 8 Lawrence Webb “Larry” Kissell (D) 5 Kurt Schrader (D) 5-5711 5-3715 TENNESSEE Senate NEW YORK 9 Sue Wilkins Myrick (R) 5-1976 PENNSYLVANIA Senate Lamar Alexander (R) 4-4944 Senate 10 Patrick T. McHenry (R) 5-2576 * u–Arlen Specter (D) 4-4254 Bob Corker (R) 4-3344 Charles E. Schumer (D) 4-6542 11 Heath Shuler (D) 5-6401 Robert P. Casey Jr. (D) 4-6324 House *Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) 4-4451 12 Melvin L. Watt (D) 5-1510 House 1 u–David Philip “Phil” Roe, M.D. (R) House 13 Brad Miller (D) 5-3032 1 Robert A. “Bob” Brady (D) 5-4731 5-6356 1 Timothy H. Bishop (D) 5-3826 NORTH DAKOTA 2 Chaka Fattah (D) 5-4001 2 u–John J. Duncan Jr. (R) 5-5435 2 Steve Israel (D) 5-3335 Senate 3 Kathleen Ann “Kathy” Dahlkemper 3 Zach Wamp (R) 5-3271 3 u–Peter T. King (R) 5-7896 Kent Conrad (D) 4-2043 (D) 5-5406 4 Lincoln Davis (D) 5-6831 4 Carolyn McCarthy (D) 5-5516 Byron L. Dorgan (D) 4-2551 4 Jason Altmire (D) 5-2565 5 Jim Cooper (D) 5-4311 5 Gary L. Ackerman (D) 5-2601 House 5 Glenn W. Thompson (R) 5-5121 6 u–Bart Gordon (D) 5-4231 6 Gregory W. Meeks (D) 5-3461 At Large—Earl Pomeroy (D) 5-2611 6 Jim Gerlach (R) 5-4315 7 Marsha W. Blackburn (R) 5-2811 7 Joseph “Joe” Crowley (D) 5-3965 7 u–Joseph A. “Joe” Sestak Jr. (D) 8 u–John S. Tanner (D) 5-4714 8 Jerrold Nadler (D) 5-5635 5-2011 9 Stephen I. “Steve” Cohen (D) 5-3121 9 Anthony D. Weiner (D) 5-6616 Senate 8 u–Patrick J. Murphy (D) 5-4276 10 u–Edolphus Towns (D) 5-5936 George V. Voinovich (R) 4-3353 9 Bill Shuster (R) 5-2431 11 Yvette D. Clarke (D) 5-6231 TEXAS (D) 4-2315 10 u–Chris Carney (D) 5-2671 12 Nydia M. Velázquez (D) 5-2361 Senate House 11 u–Paul E. Kanjorski (D) 5-6511 13 Michael E. McMahon (D) 5-3371 *Kathryn Ann Bailey “Kay” Hutchison 1 Steven Leo “Steve” Driehaus (D) 12 u–John Patrick “Jack” Murtha (D) 14 Carolyn B. Maloney (D) 5-7944 (R) 4-5922 5-2216 5-2065 15 u–Charles B. Rangel (D) 5-4365 John Cornyn (R) 4-2934 2 (R) 5-3164 13 Allyson Y. Schwartz (D) 5-6111 16 u–José E. Serrano (D) 5-4361 House 3 Michael R. Turner (R) 5-6465 14 Mike Doyle (D) 5-2135 17 Eliot L. Engel (D) 5-2464 1 u–Louis “Louie” Gohmert (R) 5-3035 4 Jim D. Jordan (R) 5-2676 15 Charles W. “Charlie” Dent (R) 18 Nita M. Lowey (D) 5-6506 2 u–Ted Poe (R) 5-6565 5 Robert E. “Bob” Latta (R) 5-6405 5-6411­ 19 John J. Hall (D) 5-5441 3 u–Sam Johnson (R) 5-4201 6 Charles A. “Charlie” Wilson (D) 16 u–Joseph R. Pitts (R) 5-2411 20 **Scott Murphy (D) 5-5614 4 u–Ralph M. Hall (R) 5-6673 5-5705 17 Tim Holden (D) 5-5546 21 Paul David Tonko (D) 5-5076 5 Jeb Hensarling (R) 5-3484 7 Steve Clement Austria (R) 5-4324 18 Timothy F. “Tim” Murphy (R) 22 u–Maurice D. Hinchey (D) 5-6335 6 Joe Barton (R) 5-2002 8 u–John A. Boehner (R) 5-6205 5-2301 23 *** u–William Lewis “Bill” Owens 7 John Culberson (R) 5-2571 9 (D) 5-4146 19 Todd Platts (R) 5-5836 (D) 5-4611 8 Kevin Brady (R) 5-4901 10 Dennis J. Kucinich (D) 5-5871 *Changed parties from Republican to 24 Michael A. Arcuri (D) 5-3665 9 Al Green (D) 5-7508 11 Marcia L. Fudge (D) 5-7032 Democrat in 2009. 25 Daniel B. “Dan” Maffei (D) 5-3701 12 Patrick J. Tiberi (R) 5-5355 10 Michael T. “Mike” McCaul (R) 26 Christopher J. “Chris” Lee (R) 13 (D) 5-3401 RHODE ISLAND 5-2401 5-5265 14 Steven C. LaTourette (R) 5-5731 Senate 11 u–K. Michael Conaway (R) 5-3605 27 Brian M. Higgins (D) 5-3306 15 (D) 5-2015 u–Jack Reed (D) 4-4642 12 Kay Granger (R) 5-5071 28 Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D) 16 u–John A. Boccieri (D) 5-3876 Sheldon Whitehouse (D) 4-2921 13 Mac Thornberry (R) 5-3706 5-3615 17 Timothy J. “Tim” Ryan (D) 5-5261 House 14 u–Ron Paul (R) 5-2831 29 u–Eric J. J. Massa (D) 5-3161 18 Zachary T. Space (D) 5-6265 1 Patrick J. Kennedy (D) 5-4911 15 Rubén Hinojosa (D) 5-2531 *Appointed to complete term of 2 James R. “Jim” Langevin (D) 5-2735 16 u–Silvestre Reyes (D) 5-4831 Hillary Rodham Clinton who became OKLAHOMA 17 Chet Edwards (D) 5-6105 secretary of state. Senate SOUTH CAROLINA 18 Sheila Jackson Lee (D) 5-3816 **Won special election to fill term of u–James M. Inhofe (R) 4-4721 Senate 19 Robert R. “Randy” Neugebauer (R) Sen. Gillibrand who replaced Hillary Tom Coburn (R) 4-5754 u–Lindsey Graham (R) 4-5972 5-4005

20 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG 20 u–Charles A. “Charlie” Gonzalez House 2 Rick Larsen (D) 5-2605 5 Jim Sensenbrenner Jr. (R) 5-5101 (D) 5-3236 At Large—Peter Welch (D) 5-4115 3 Brian Baird (D) 5-3536 6 Thomas E. Petri (R) 5-2476 21 Lamar S. Smith (R) 5-4236 4 u–Doc Hastings (R) 5-5816 7 David R. Obey (D) 5-3365 22 u–Peter G. “Pete” Olson (R) 5-5951 VIRGINIA 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) 5-2006 8 Steve L. Kagen (D) 5-5665 23 Ciro D. Rodriguez (D) 5-4511 Senate 6 Norman D. Dicks (D) 5-5916 24 Kenny E. Marchant (R) 5-6605 u–James H. “Jim” Webb (D) 4-4024 7 u–Jim McDermott (D) 5-3106 WYOMING Senate 25 Lloyd Doggett (D) 5-4865 Mark Robert Warner (D) 4-2023 8 u–David G. “Dave” Reichert (R) u–Michael B. Enzi (R) 4-3424 26 Michael C. Burgess (R) 5-7772 House 5-7761 John A. Barrasso, M.D. (R) 4-6441 27 u–Solomon P. Ortiz (D) 5-7742 1 Robert J. Wittman (R) 5-4261 9 Adam Smith (D) 5-8901 House 28 Henry Cuellar (D) 5-1640 2 Glenn Carlyle Nye III (D) 5-4215 At Large—Cynthia Marie Lummis (R) 29 Gene Green (D) 5-1688 3 u–Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D) WEST VIRGINIA 5-2311 30 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 5-8885 5-8351 Senate 31 John R. Carter (R) 5-3864 4 J. (R) 5-6365 Robert C. Byrd (D) 4-3954 Delegates 32 Pete Sessions (R) 5-2231 5 Thomas Stuart Price “Tom”Perriello John “Jay” Rockefeller IV (D) 4-6472 AMERICAN SAMOA * Plans to resign and run for governor. (D) 5-4711 House u–Eni F. H. Faleomavaega (D) 5-8577 6 (R) 5-5431 1 u–Alan B. Mollohan (D) 5-4172 UTAH 7 Eric I. Cantor (R) 5-2815 2 Shelley Moore Capito (R) 5-2711 DISTRICT of COLUMBIA Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) 5-8050 Senate 8 James P. “Jim” Moran (D) 5-4376 3 Nick J. Rahall II (D) 5-3452 Orrin G. Hatch (R) 4-5251 9 (D) 5-3861 GUAM u–Robert F. Bennett (R) 4-5444 10 u–Frank R. Wolf (R) 5-5136 WISCONSIN Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D) 5-1188 House 11 Gerald E. “Gerry” Connolly (D) Senate NORTHERN MARIANAS 1 Rob Bishop (R) 5-0453 5-1492 u–Herb Kohl (D) 4-5653 u–Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (I) 2 Jim Matheson (D) 5-3011 Russell D. Feingold (D) 4-5323 5-2646 3 Jason Chaffetz (R) 5-7751 WASHINGTON House Senate 1 Paul Ryan (R) 5-3031 PUERTO RICO Pedro R. Pierluisi (D) 5-2615 VERMONT Patty Murray (D) 4-2621 2 Tammy Baldwin (D) 5-2906 Senate Maria Cantwell (D) 4-3441 3 Ron Kind (D) 5-5506 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ‡Patrick J. Leahy (D) 4-4242 House 4 Gwendolynne S. “Gwen” Moore (D) Donna M. Christian Christensen (D) Bernard Sanders (I) 4-5141 1 Jay Inslee (D) 5-6311 5-4572 5-1790

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 21 DEFENSE EDUCATION FORUM

ROBERT FEIDLER • DIRECTOR, ROA strategic defense education Fragile State of Mind Mental health care for warriors assumes a high priority.

intended to write this month’s column about a series of programs the Defense Education Forum (DEF) conducted Iin Washington and around the country on climate change and energy and their impact on national security. This remains a topic of sweeping importance, one that Congress will likely bring to a head early in 2010. However, the tragic incident at Fort Hood, Texas, in November places the spot- light squarely on the mental health of our From left, Bob Feidler with faculty for DEF’s mental health care program in servicemembers and what is being done about Illinois: Dr. (Col) Janet Kamer, Illinois state legislator Carole Pankau, Dr. it. Five of those killed at Fort Hood and 10 Michael O’Leary, Dr. (MG) Robert Kasulke, and COL Nicole Keesee. among the severely wounded were Army Reservists. Three of those killed had Army National Guard ever fought with an all-volunteer force. More than 1.7 million backgrounds. We salute them as heroes and extend our deep- troops have deployed since 9/11, including more than 700,000 est sympathy to their families and friends. Reserve Component servicemembers. The think tank RAND DEF has sponsored a series of programs on health care for estimates that there could be more than 600,000 servicemem- servicemembers over the past two years, with the last three bers with traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress focusing on the delivery of mental health care. Everyone from disorder (PTSD), or similar illnesses. Some 34,000 Soldiers the president down has made unequivocal statements of sup- have been treated for PTSD since 2003, while 37 percent of port and has followed their rhetoric with substantial increases veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who use VA’s to the mental health care programs and their budgets. Veterans Health Administration services have been diagnosed On Nov. 11, in an address to a veterans luncheon at his with some form of mental illness. home attended by ROA leaders, Vice President Joe Biden The Department of Defense (DoD) has realized that mil- said, “The American people have two sacred obligations itary medicine must have the same expertise, focus, and stan- to servicemembers: to fully train and equip them for the dards of excellence to address psychological wounds as it has battlefield, and to care for them and their families when they for physical injuries. To that end it has stood up the Defense return.” Center of Excellence, which has eight component centers Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Veterans Affairs dedicated to elements of mental health care: (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki recently hosted a summit of • 24/7 Outreach Center mental health care providers and policymakers and made strong statements of support. Secretary Gates said, “Beyond • Center for Deployment Psychology waging the wars we are in, treatment of our wounded, their • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center continuing care and eventual reintegration into everyday • Deployment Health Clinical Center life is my highest priority.” Secretary Shinseki, also a former Army chief of staff, said, “A new generation is engaged in the • Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress close fight, and the demands for courage, strength, dedica- • Telehealth and Technology tion, and stamina are as daunting today as ever. ... The toll • National Intrepid Center of Excellence for this kind of loyalty and commitment is high in terms of human capital. Our promise is that we shall not fail them.” • Building Bridges It will be a daunting task, indeed. The war in Afghanistan DoD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget includes $3.3 billion has now surpassed the length of the Revolutionary War by to support injured servicemembers and $1.2 billion for psy- roughly two months, making it the longest war America has chological health and TBI, nearly doubling the budget for

22 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG these services. Nearly $400 million will be spent on research It was my privi- and development. The FY 2010 VA budget will include $4.6 “The American people have lege to share the billion for mental health care, only a portion of which is podium for our most needed for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation two sacred obligations to recent health care Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans. Additionally, it includes servicemembers: to fully program on Nov. 12 more than $2 billion for other health care costs of OIF and in Illinois with three OEF veterans. The National Defense Authorization Act for train and equip them for ROA members who 2010 also contained numerous provisions enhancing the de- the battlefield, and to care are extraordinarily velopment of mental health care professionals and assistance dedicated health care to families of those who have mental health care needs. for them and their families professionals: Dr. Hand in hand with many efforts to shore up the under- when they return.” (MG) Robert Ka- standing and delivery of mental health care are efforts to sulke, commander, stem suicides. The Army alone has suffered more than 130 — Vice President Biden Army Reserve Medi- suicides this year. Overall, more veterans (of all wars) have cal Command; Dr. committed suicide since 2001 than we lost on the battlefields (Col) Janet Kamer, of Iraq and Afghanistan combined. To meet this challenge, psychology consultant to Air Force Reserve Headquarters; the Army chief of staff and the vice chief of staff are spear- and COL Nicole Keesee, behavioral health specialist in the heading the Army Campaign Plan for Health Promotion, Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve. Together with these Risk Reduction, and Suicide Prevention. It includes a five- and other dedicated health care providers, DEF will continue year, $50 million study of suicide in coordination with the to bring visibility and education to this incredibly difficult, National Institute of Mental Health and is the largest study emotional, and widespread problem that is being bravely faced of its type ever undertaken. by tens of thousands of our returning war veterans. x

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WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 23 o much is at stake. The nation is charting new paths in national security and homeland defense. The Reserve Components are making a historical shift in mission and Smanagement. The Reserve Officers Association, even as it celebrates the renewal of its congressional charter, is revising its constitution and bylaws. And if you are a serving Citizen Warrior, your own career progression turns on the professional development and networking opportunities you grab. All of that is converging on four days in Washington, D.C., Feb. 7–10 during the 2010 ROA/ ROAL National Convention and Reserve Component Expo at the Hilton Washington. Defense and Reserve Component leaders will be there for you to hear and to be heard. Visits to U.S. senators and representatives on Capitol Hill cap off the week. Education opportunities abound in forums and the Reserve Component Joint Officers Professional Development Seminar. Information and contacts that will help your military career are available through the individual service section functions and the Expo. Be there when and where the action is.

Keynote Speakers Eric K. Shinseki, right, secretary of veterans affairs, has accepted ROA’s invitation to address the National Convention’s first general assembly and Joint Services Breakfast Feb. 8. a y s Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant 4 D secretary of defense for Reserve affairs, has confirmed SFC MICHAEL J. CARDEN/U.S. ARMY PHOTO to give the keynote address and moderate the Reserve Chiefs Panel at the Feb. 9 general assembly. Gen James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), national security advisor to the president, has in been invited to address the D.C. Feb. 10 general assembly.

A Special Invitation to Help Shape ROA’s Future By RADM Paul T. Kayye, ROA National President Term and Life Dues Increase s we prepare for ROA’s first Winter Convention, we are Now that we have the recommendations from the ROA Life reminded that ROA’s primary focus is to make the Re- Member Trust Actuarial Study, we are ready to vote on a term Aserve Components more effective by strengthening the dues increase proposal that was postponed last year during the training, equipping, recruiting, and retention of those serving. Orlando Convention. The study indicated that both Term and ROA must have the backbone to fuel such Life dues increases were needed to bring our fiscal house in a focus with policies and procedures that order. The last dues increase took place nearly 20 years ago. Pas- make it an agile Association. We must be sage requires a 75 percent vote of the authorized delegates at the

COL JOHN CHAPMAN, AUS (RET.)/ROA PHOTO able to respond across the generations and convention. boost our ability to attract and retain cur- Delegates will also vote on a ByLaws change on the Life Trust rently serving members. Formula. A second-order effect of a dues increase is an increase As I have now been elected to serve in the formula for withdrawal of money from the Life Member as ROA’s national president until Feb- Trust. This was an unintended consequence as the principal in ruary 2011, we have time to focus on the Trust would be withdrawn in a much larger amount than in- several critical governance items that will tended and would place the Trust in jeopardy as we wait for new come before the convention this winter. I Life Members to join. To correct this unintentional effect requires thought it important to review them with an amendment to the Association’s Bylaws. Passage requires a ma- RADM Kayye you as we approach the meeting. jority vote of the authorized delegates at the convention.

26 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG 2010 ROA/ROAL National Convention & Reserve Component Expo Agenda Saturday, February 6, 2010 2–5 p.m. Educational Track 1 – Irregular Warfare 7–7:50 a.m. AFLTT Registration Educational Track 2 – Leadership 8 a.m.–5 p.m. AFLTT Seminar Educational Track 3 – Legislation 5–6 p.m. JOPDS/ROTC Reception Sunday, February 7, 2010 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Medical Seminar—CME Course Tuesday, February 9, 2010 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. AFLTT Seminar 7 a.m.–2 p.m. ROA/ROAL Registration 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ROA/ROAL, JOPDS, and ROTC Registration 8–10 a.m. General Assembly 10 a.m.–Noon ROAL Past Presidents Meeting Keynote Address: The Hon. Dennis M. 1–2 p.m. ROAL Executive Board Meeting McCarthy, Assistant Secretary of Defense for 1–5 p.m. Legal Seminar: USERRA–CLE Course Reserve Affairs 1:30–4 p.m. Air Force Section Reserve Outlook Reserve Chief Panel 1:30–4 p.m. Dept. National Council Members Meeting 8 a.m.–Noon ROAL 2nd General Meeting 2–4 p.m. Dept. Presidents/Dept. Chapters Development 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Reserve Component Expo Committee Meeting 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Professional Development Seminars 2:30–3:30 p.m. ROAL Area Directors Meeting Noon–1 p.m. Expo Buffet Lunch 3:30–4 p.m. First-Timers Orientation 2:15–5 p.m. Army Section Meeting 4–6 p.m. Grand Opening of Reserve Component Expo Naval Services Section Meeting Air Force Section Meeting Monday, February 8, 2010 5:30–7:30 p.m. Service Section Mixers 7 a.m.–3 p.m. ROA/ROAL Registration 7:30–10 a.m. General Assembly Joint Services Breakfast Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Keynote Address: The Hon. Eric K. Shinseki, 7 a.m. To Capitol Hill for Congressional Visits Secretary of Veterans Affairs 7:30 a.m.–Noon Professional Development Seminars 8:00 a.m.–Noon ROAL 1st General Meeting 8 a.m.–Noon ROAL 3rd General Meeting 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Reserve Component Expo 1–4 p.m. General Assembly 10:30–11:30 a.m. Air Force Section Business Meeting Keynote Address: Gen James L. Jones, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Professional Development Seminars USMC (Ret.), National Security Advisor to the Noon–2 p.m. ROAL Luncheon President (invited) Speaker: Joanne M. Steen, MS, NCC, 6–8 p.m. ROA President’s Reception: “An Evening with President, Grief Solutions LLC, co-author, the STARs.” Celebrate our nation's Citizen Military Widow: A Survival Guide Warriors at this formal red carpet affair.

Direct Voting for National Officers already been updated, our Constitution & Bylaws (C&BL) are decades old. ROA is discovering and implementing new and The issue of direct voting for national officers was also innovative ways of conducting business. A substantial effort has postponed at the Orlando Convention. Changing the taken place over the past three years to bring ROA’s governance method of voting requires a constitutional amendment. This documents up to date, to modernize ROA for those who will amendment would allow all members of a service section to follow us in the 21st century. This new C&BL will be presented vote for that section’s national officers, which would include and discussed at the convention, although no vote will take the rotation of the president-elect through each service sec- place until 2011. Presenting the new documents now will allow tion. Now, voting is done on a delegate basis in the respec- departments and members an entire year to review them and tive service sections. Under this amendment, members all vote at the February 2011 Convention. of a service section would be able to vote, electronically or Modernizing and revamping our governance documents is by mail, for all the candidates for national office in that sec- needed to manage our organization efficiently. These presenta- . Some at-large offices would be voted on by the entire tion tions are all-important, and I encourage as many members as membership, probably on a separate ballot. Passage of this possible to attend this first Winter Convention of ROA. I hope amendment requires a 75 percent vote of the authorized del- you will play an active role in helping to map out the future of egates at the convention. our great organization. Revised Constitution and Bylaws In an era when Reserve Components are increasingly important to national defense, ROA’s On Th e We b : Join the discussion. Voice valued congressional charter is more relevant today your opinion at www.roa.org/forum. than ever before. While our congressional charter has

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 27 Professional De v e l o p m e n t Legal Education The Servicemembers’ Law Center is offering a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course on the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Feb. 7 from 1 to 5 p.m. during the ROA National Convention at

the Hilton Washington. ERIC MINTON/ROA PHOTO Scheduled instructors are CAPT Sam- uel F. Wright, JAGC, USN (Ret.), direc- tor of the Servicemembers’ Law Center at ROA, and Col George C. Aucoin, USMCR. CAPT Wright, who writes the Law An Evening with the STARs Reviews for THE OFFI- The National Convention will close with the ROA President’s Reception, a formal CER and ROA’s website red carpet affair Feb. 10. Celebrate our nation’s Citizen Warriors, raise a glass (www.roa/org/lawcenter), to toast your friends, enjoy an array of the chef’s delectable creations, and co-drafted the document dance the night away. that became USERRA when he was an attorney with the U.S. Department ROA Convention Educational Tracks (included in your registration) of Labor. Col Aucoin prac- • Leadership Development Track: These sessions are aimed at younger, currently tices law in Metairie, La., with a practice serving attendees wishing to hone their leadership skills. devoted almost exclusively to represent- • Legislative Advocacy Track: These sessions will arm members storming Capitol ing National Guard and Reserve personnel Hill with the tips, tools, and legislative advocacy positions of ROA, as well as an with USERRA claims. update on key legislation. The third hour is how to find work in D.C. The seminar is free to ROA members • National Security Educational Track: These forums will focus on a current event who have registered for the convention. issue, tentatively scheduled to discuss counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, For ROA members not attending the con- pending speaker availability. vention, the cost is $200. For others, the cost is $400. CLE credit is available. Co-located events • Air Force Reserve Leadership Today Medical Education and Tomorrow (AFRLTT), for Air The Hilton A Continuing Medical Education Force O-4s and O-5s, Feb 6–10. Course Washington (CME) seminar on “Military Medicine: focuses on career and leadership issues The State of the Art and Lessons Learned and features participation from Air Force The ROA/ROAL National Con- in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Opera- senior leaders. AFRLTT fee is $20 (ROA vention and Reserve Compo- tion Enduring Freedom” is being offered Convention registration required). For nent Expo returns to the Hilton Washington in 2010. during the ROA Convention, Feb. 7 from more information, contact Mickey Mc- 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fee is $15. Galliard, program manager, junior officer Special Convention Rates: Scheduled to present are Dennis McCa- courses, HQ AFRC/A1KA, 478-327- $197 for single rthy, assistant secretary of defense for Re- 0933 (DSN 497-0933), https://afkm. $222 for double serve affairs; MG Robert Kasulke, USAR, wpafb.af.mil/ASPs/CoP/OpenCoP. Reservations: Commanding General of the U.S. Army asp?Filter=OO-ED-RC-17 Call 1-888-DC-HILTON Reserve Medical Command and ROA Na- • Air Force Reserve Senior Leaders Con- or 202-797-5820 tional Surgeon; Army BG Loree Sutton, ference, by invitation only. Contact Air USA, on post-traumatic stress disorder Force Reserve Command for more details. Group code: ROA (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury; Col ROA Convention registration required. Cut-off Date: January 11, 2010 Janet Kamer, USAFR, on PTSD evalua- • Senior Army Reserve Command- tion and treatments; MG Richard Stone, ers Association (SARCA), Feb. 6–7. Hilton Washington USAR, on medical training issues; and One-day ROA Convention registration 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington DC 20009 MAJ Nelson Rosen, USA, who just re- required for those staying through Mon- Main telephone: 202-483-3000 turned from one-year deployment with the day. Contact SARCA for details visit 1st Forward Surgical Team. x www.sarca.us. x

28 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG Force Development RCJOPDS speaker heads Air Force Reserve initiative to develop leaders. By Eric Minton, Editor managers specifically trained to guide all Reserve members into and through a vector where they can accumulate the right edu- lotting a career path by mapping your way through spe- cation, training, and experience with which they can achieve cific types of jobs, experiences, and education is not a new their military career goals. For those in higher ranks, Col Pconcept. Meanwhile, Citizen Warriors long have climbed Hutchinson’s division is developing a Senior Leader Manage- ladders in both their civilian and military worlds with the as- ment Office, AFRC’s equivalent to the Regular Air Force’s Col- sistance and advice of mentors, altruistic bosses, peer networks, onel’s Group. Indeed, “How Leaders Take Flight” mirrors career and professional literature. track programs in the Regular Air Force. Under the Total Force Those concepts haven’t changed—but the world has. And in construct, the Air Force Reserve sees the need to keep pace. the new world of Total Force, Reserve Component members Yet Col Hutchinson also recognizes the special nature of the will have to pursue career paths that match, as closely as pos- Citizen Airmen construct. “That’s not going to change. The vast sible, the experience and education of their Active counterparts. majority of Reservists are part time. We know that, we respect Many may not know how. that, and we want to preserve that. We want to guide them and The Air Force Reserve is formally addressing this need for show them the opportunities if that’s what they choose to avail what it calls “force development” with a new campaign called themselves of.” “How Leaders Take Flight.” Spearheading that campaign is Col That, however, is not only a matter of individual choice but Connie C. Hutchinson, USAFR, chief of the personnel division also an institutional issue. What jobs, and where, truly are avail- in the Air Force Reserve Command’s (AFRC) Directorate of able to a typical Selected Reservist? A key aspect of this new Manpower, Personnel, and Services at Robins AFB, Ga. initiative is the understanding that force development cannot be Col Hutchinson will be one of the speakers addressing the addressed in isolation. “When we talk about force development, Reserve Component Joint Officers Professional Development we link it to force management,” Col Hutchinson said. “We’re Seminar during the ROA National Convention at the Hilton working on getting that force management aspect into it so we Washington, D.C., Feb. 7-10. She will describe the Air Force can make those vector needs actionable.” Reserve’s new force development initiative in particular, but Some tools will be specifically useful to individuals. Her divi- she also will address how the concept crosses over to the other sion is devising a website that shows career pyramids in various services. fields. A junior officer in civil engineering, for example, can look “Every officer out there kind of knows all this intuitively, but at the pyramid and see the different types of jobs at different they need to hear somebody get up and tell them it’s important,” ranks available in that career and the additional training and ed- she said in a phone interview with The Officer. “It’s applica- ucation needed to move up that pyramid. If the pyramid doesn’t ble in any environment.” go as high as the officer wants to go, the individual can then vec- “Leader development” is a time-honored tradition in all the tor into another career if he or she chooses to. services. What sets apart the Air Force Reserve’s “How Leaders Such a tool is something Col Hutchinson wishes she had Take Flight” program is the emphasis not on the second word, available as a junior officer. “What we want to do here is be able leader, but the first:how . “We are aggressively trying to flesh out to tell young officers and enlisted folks how to succeed. I asked our force development efforts, for both officers and enlisted,- an those questions starting out; beyond some of the basics, I had swering the question, ‘How do I succeed?’” Col Hutchinson said. no idea.” “We are establishing processes, and methodologies, coming about She succeeded, of course. And now she’s helping build the it in a much more structured way, putting deliberate effort into it.” methods and means for other Citizen Warriors to aim high— The effort will include development teams and personnel and aim accurately—from the very beginning. x

opportunity of personal interaction tion registration fee ($485) plus the RCJOPDS and mentoring by senior leaders of all RCJOPDS seminar fee ($50). The reg- The Reserve Officers Association’s branches of the Reserves. RCJOPDS istration fee covers the seminar, ROA 2010 Reserve Components Joint Offi- makes available learning opportunities registration, and the Joint Services cer Professional Development Semi- in which Reservists develop into supe- Breakfast. The full registration fee nar (RCJOPDS) offers unparalleled rior leaders in all aspects of their lives. may be a reimbursable expense when career-enhancing opportunities for ac- Participants will graduate RCJOPDS authorized in the orders IAW JFTR tive Reservists, National Guard, mem- better prepared to lead and serve in para. U4535. On-site registration and bers of NOAA, Public Health officers, joint forces missions. payment will be available without cost and advanced standing ROTC cadets Reservists in the rank of O-1 to O-4, penalty. Online registration closes and midshipmen. warrant officers, and advanced-stand- Jan. 22; registration after this date RCJOPDS is held in conjunction ing ROTC cadets and midshipmen are must be done on-site. with ROA’s National Convention. At- eligible. For details, visit www.roa.org/ tendees will be provided with the rare Participation requires full conven- rcjopds.

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 29 TOP 5 REASONS TO ATTEND: • Access to Military Leadership: Get firsthand the latest information from leadership of all the Reserve Components. • Congressional Visits: Join other members of your state delegation in visiting members of Congress on organized trips to Capitol Hill. • Military Exposition: Growing larger every year, the Reserve Component Expo puts you in touch with more than 90 organizations, including military and government agencies and industrial partners. • Networking Opportunities: Interact with officers of all ranks, of all services, active and retired by attending social events such as the hospitality suites and formal President's Reception. • Professional Education: Gain valuable insights into national security issues and career- enhancing lessons in leadership from a cross section of experts.

While in Washington. . .

Master Guide COL Jim Carr, USAR (Ret.), is offering a A tour of Arlington National Cemetery will be offered Feb guided three-mile walking tour of downtown D.C. on Feb. 7, 10, covering the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the amphithe- taking in such sites as the White House, Lafayette Park, Jackson ater, and the gravesites of President John F. Kennedy and many Place, Blair House, the Old Executive Office Building, Treasury other distinguished Americans. The tour leaves from the hotel Building, American Red Cross, Octagon House, DAR Con- at noon and rides the Metro to Arlington Cemetary station. stitution Hall, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and the The two-mile walk concludes about 3:30 p.m. monuments on The Mall. The tour leaves from the lobby of the Cost for each tour is $25 per person. Purchase tickets (cash, Hilton Washington at noon and returns about 3:30 p.m. please) from the tour operator at the beginning of the tour. x

30 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG 2010 ROA/ROAL NATIONAL CONVENTION & RESERVE COMPONENT EXPO February 7–10, 2010 Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. Registration Form

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WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 31 Constitution a n d By l a w s Pr o p o s a l s Proposed Bylaws Amendment # 1 2010 Proposed Constitution Amendment # 2 2010 Presented by the ROA President Presented by the three 2008/2009 Service Sections Vice Recommended by the Life Trust Fund Presidents Actuarial Study Recommended by the 2009/2010 Executive Committee and the 2008/2009 National Council SUMMARY Amends ARTICLE B-8 SECTION 1, Life Membership SUMMARY Trust Fund, so as to create a baseline for calculation of withdrawls Amends ARTICLE A-7, NATIONAL OFFICERS, Sections from the Life Membership Trust Fund as a percentage of annual 2-5. This changes the election from the national convention to a dues that the Bylaws direct. mail or electronic ballot to the general membership. NOTE: As an amendment to the Bylaws, this amendment NOTE 1: The boxed portions are for informational purposes requires approval by 50 percent plus of the delegate votes to only and are not presented for amendment. pass. NOTE 2: As an amendment to the Constitution, this RATIONALE amendment requires approval by ¾ of the delegate votes to pass. 1) The ROA actuarial study found the ROA Life Membership Trust to be significantly underfunded. RATIONALE 2) Every increase in annual term dues creates an increase in Departments are no longer sending full delegations to the the amount withdrawn from the Life Membership Trust Fund, National Convention, and not every department is sending hastening the distribution of principal. representatives for each of the services. The national convention 3) Money is distributed among departments, chapters, and is not representative of the membership. The ad hoc Presidential ROA operations and maintenance. Working Group (PWG-21) has recommended changes to the 4) The number of new term members is disproportionate to voting process which require changes to the Constitution. A life members. The dollar inflow from terms is often less than what recommended change is: is withdrawn from the life membership trust after recalculation. 1) Electing national officers by a mail or electronic vote from 5) Without change to distribution formula, the Life the active membership; this is in keeping with existing language Membership trust will be consumed by June 2015. in the constitution. 6) This action would NOT impact the current (2009) level of 2) Service sections members will elect service section department rebates which would continue to be calculated at the leadership including the president elect. same level and in the same manner as they are at present, and the 3) Active members include both active and spousal formula baseline could be changed in the future by a National memberships. Convention as necessary. 4) Nominees who are not endorsed by a service section or national committee will require two ROA departments to PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO READ AS FOLLOWS: endorse them in lieu of a nomination and a second. ARTICLE B-8 FUNDS PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. LIFE MEMBERSHIP TRUST FUND. Life ARTICLE A-7 membership payments shall be placed in the Life Membership NATIONAL OFFICERS Trust Fund. As of the last day of March of each year an amount equal to 40 percent of the annual dues as of April 1, 2009, 25 SECTION 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. percent with respect to members who became life members prior (a) The National Convention in general session shall each to Jan. 2, 1993, 16 percent with respect to members who became year elect all of the elective officers, except the nine national life members prior to Oct. 1, 1983, multiplied by the number of executive committeemen, the national surgeon, the national living life members shall be taken from the principal of the trust. dental surgeon, the national historian and the national chaplain, In addition, up to an equal amount shall be taken from income to hold office for one year or until their successors are duly elected earned by the trust. The total amount taken shall be distributed in and qualified. the same manner as dues in accordance with Section 3 of Article (a) The active members of the Association shall elect all A-11 of the national constitution on the basis of the total number of the elective officers by mail and/or electronic ballot to hold of living life members in each department and chapter. The office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. amount of income which exceeds that allowed to be taken shall be (b) The president elect, service section vice presidents, junior held as income available for distribution in subsequent fiscal years. vice presidents, and executive committee members shall be Undistributed income shall be invested by the trustees, consistent elected by mail and/or electronic ballot by active members of with the provisions of the trust agreement. their respective service sections.

32 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG On Th e We b : Join the discussion. Voice your opinion at www.roa.org/forum.

2010 Proposal # 1 Term Dues (1) In even-numbered years, two national executive Presented by the 2009/2010 Executive Committee committee members shall be elected from each service SUMMARY section, those from the Naval Services Section to be from Article A-11 FINANCE Section 3. Dues and Department Rebates reads the Navy and the Marine Corps. In odd numbered years, that “...Dues structure and the policy for rebate to Departments shall be set by the one national executive committeeman shall be elected National Convention.” The following proposal recommends a dues increase in term membership from each service section, the one from the Naval Services NOTE 1: This amendment requires approval by 50 percent plus of the delegate Section to be from the Coast Guard. National Executive votes to pass. Committee members shall hold office for two years or NOTE 2: This proposal does not change either Constitution or Bylaws. until their successors are duly elected and installed. RATIONALE 1) ROA dues have not kept pace with the effects of inflation. (2) In odd-numbered years the national surgeon and the 2) The last dues increase was implemented in 1993. national historian shall be elected and in even-numbered 3) It is a financial imperative that ROA take a series of steps to remedy this years the national dental surgeon and the national chaplain long overdue action. shall be elected. Each shall hold office for two years or until PROPOSED Term Dues: their successors are duly elected and installed. The proposed schedule below reflects the initial step in that process: 1 Year/ $55 2 Year/ $100 (b) (c) The national president shall be elected by the National 3 Year/ $140 Convention held mail and/or electronic ballot by the active 5 Year/ $200 members of the Association as per Section 2, Paragraph (b), the 5 Year Virtual/ $175 NOTES: year before that individual is to take office as national president. 1.) Spousal Member term dues are one-half the rates shown above for 1, 2, 3 That individual shall be designated as the president-elect until or 5 year terms. Five-year Virtual memberships for spouses are at same rate as the assuming the office of national president at the conclusion of the primary member. next convention. Should a president-elect be unable or unwilling 2.) Officer Candidate term dues is increased to $20/yr to take office, a president shall be elected at the National 3.) Remove special Annual Rate dues for initial year of membership for officers under 31 years old from the dues schedule. Convention held by the active members of the Association as per Section 2, Paragraph (b), for the term that the president-elect would have otherwise taken office and a national president shall 2010 Proposal # 2 Term Dues be elected to take office the following term. The president- Presented by the 2009/2010 Executive Committee also SUMMARY elect shall hold no other office while president-elect. Article A-11 FINANCE Section 3. Dues and Department Rebates reads SECTION 3. PRESIDENTIAL ROTATION. The office that “...Dues structure and the policy for rebate to Departments shall be set by the of national president shall be rotated in the following order National Convention.” The following proposal recommends a dues increase in life membership. (1) Army, (2) Naval Services and (3) Air Force. unless the NOTE 1: This amendment requires approval by 50 percent plus of the delegate Convention upon nomination from the floor and by a three- votes to pass. fourths vote shall elect a national president or president-elect NOTE 2: This proposal does not change either Constitution or Bylaws. other than the one nominated by the service section concerned, RATIONALE in which event the rotation of the national presidency shall be 1) The ROA actuarial study found the ROA Life Membership Trust to be significantly underfunded. suspended for one year. At the next succeeding convention, 2) The ROA actuaries recommend on page 23 of that study the following the service section whose right to rotation was suspended the increase to ROA Life Dues. preceding year shall be entitled to such rotation right without 3) It is a financial imperative that ROA take a series of steps to remedy this qualification and regardless of whether a member of that service long overdue action. section was elected to the presidency the preceding year. PROPOSED Life Membership Dues: AGE PROPOSED FEE SECTION 4. SECTION NOMINATIONS. The Under age 31 $ 600 nominations of the national president, the national president- 31 to 40 $ 580 elect, the three national vice presidents, the three national junior 41 to 50 $ 530 vice presidents and the nine National Executive Committee 51 to 55 $ 480 56 to 60 $ 440 members shall be upon the recommendations of the particular 61 to 65 $ 390 sections concerned. at meetings of the sections from which 66 to 70 $ 340 the nominees are to be selected. Other candidates for these NOTES: respective offices shall be allowed a position on the ballot upon 1.) The actuaries recommend that Life Member Flexible Payment Option (5- Year P-Life Installment Plan) be removed from the Life Dues Schedule. nomination from their own and one other department. 2.) Spousal Life Member rates are one-half the rates shown above based on the SECTION 5. SECTION VOTES REQUIRED. A majority age of the primary member. vote of all votes cast shall be necessary for nomination in a section 3) No change in Life Dues schedule for members aged 71–75 and 76 and over.

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 33 RepresentingMiss Americas visit servicemembers America in Afghanistan to express their appreciation.

By Sharlene Hawkes,

Miss America 1985

hen our C17 corkscrewed in for landing was the first real indicator that we were “notW in Kansas” anymore. We felt like we were trapped in the dark belly of a whale, thrashing around. Fortunately for me, my two Dramamine kicked in at the right time, and I could somewhat enjoy the wild ride into Bagram, Af­

ghanistan. Others around me obviously PHOTOS COURTESY OF SHARLENE HAWKES. did not. On Oct. 12, six Miss Americas em­ barked on a mission to Afghanistan to tell our troops, “Thank you for your ser­ vice, we remember you, we support you, and we are deeply indebted to you and your families for all your sacrifices in time of war.” Our ranks included Bebe Visiting troops in Forward Operating Base Bostick in Afghanistan are Miss Americas (kneeling, from Shopp Waring, 1948; left) Heather Whitestone and Susan Powell; and (standing from left) Bebe Shopp Waring, Nicole John- Susan Powell, 1981; Heather White­ son, Sharlene Hawkes, and Ericka Dunlap. Standing next to Miss America Organization Chairman stone, 1995; Nicole Johnson, 1999; Ericka Dunlap, 2004; and me. We were Sam Haskell on the right is SGT Jill Stevens Shepherd, ARNG and former Miss Utah. joined by Jill Stevens Shepherd, Miss Utah 2007 and a Miss America final­ yes, even grandmothers! would want to know if we were under ist, who previously served as a com­ We landed in Bagram, and for three attack, I think. bat medic in Afghanistan. The Miss days our home base was the B hut, with We didn’t just meet Soldiers, Airmen, America Organization chairman, Sam bunk beds, earplugs, shower shoes, and and Marines, from privates to gener­ Haskell, also joined us for the trip. all. We were delighted to discover out­ als—we met American moms and dads, Why Miss Americas? Why here, and lets in the shower area where we could brothers and sisters, wives and husbands, why now? For one year each, we Miss plug in blow dryers; that was a luxury sons and daughters, girlfriends and boy­ Americas represented our country, and we weren’t entirely sure we would get! friends, serving a year in hell separated now we wanted to collectively represent The omelets and the dessert bars at from their loved ones. They were all America again as we shared a message the dining facility were fantastic (too strong, tough warriors carrying gear at of appreciation and support for our fantastic—I gained five pounds) and least half their weight, doing their duty, fighting men and women. Before we ar­ the gyms were good (they would have and sometimes suffering profound loss. rived in-theater, I wasn’t sure if anyone to be, with all the good food around). They were on their second, third, fourth, in combat cared if we came; we’re just a There were a few base rules I didn’t or even fifth combat deployment. Every bunch of “has-beens,” after all. So I was quite understand: for instance, why I day they endured a kind of stress few of caught off-guard by the overwhelming couldn’t wear sunglasses while on a run, us American civilians can even imagine. expressions of gratitude for our visit. or why you have to show up at 4 a.m. One day at a forward operating base Looking back, I’m sure in a way we re­ for a 7 a.m. flight on Military Air. But (FOB) up north, sitting on a bunker minded our servicemembers of their it made sense when they explained why covered with sandbags, a young ser­ wives, girlfriends, sisters, mothers, and, I couldn’t use an iPod during a jog: I geant told us what happened recently

34 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG when eight of his Bravo Troopers were killed in a massive Taliban attack. All we could do was share hugs with his squad’s survivors as we listened in an­ guish to what had happened just 20 ki­ lometers away, where their buddies had been killed less than two weeks before. Later, we looked closely at every photo on the FOB’s Wall of Heroes, especial­ ly the photo of the young private, the first one they lost, the buddy in their squad. I gave them an envelope full of Above, the delivery of America’s appreciation to troops in Afghanistan. Left, Ms. Dunlap reads the trib- utes on the Wall of Heroes.

training, and the highest core of prin­ than ever of those who really represent ciples possible. America. ¯ SPC Carter is my new pen pal. He keeps it real for me as, today, I get to Sharlene Hawkes is President of take my daughter to dance class, hug my Remember My Service based in Salt little boy, and enjoy a beautiful sunset Lake City, Utah, and Chairman of the letters from the 4th grade class at King over the Great Salt Lake—all because of National Advisory Board for the newly Elementary in Farmington, Utah. This our great men and women wearing the formed National Center of Veterans seemed so small a gift for so terrible a uniform, standing between us and them, Studies at the University of Utah. An loss. And there were so many, too many, in harm’s way. I left that rocky, moun­ award-winning sportscaster with ESPN other photos on that wall and on other tainous, beautiful yet treacherous part for 16 years. Sharlene and her husband, walls in other camps we visited. of the world more grateful and proud Bob, have four children. That afternoon, we visited FOB Fenty, where SPC Ty Carter was asked to sit with us and share his story. He has been nominated for a Medal of Honor for extreme gallantry under fire. He tried to keep his story business-like, but when he started talking about how he couldn’t save his friend, we all shared in his pain. By coincidence, we had earlier spoken to the battalion surgeon who had worked on his friend, desperately trying to save him. Later that after­ noon, I sat next to this brave young man on the flight back to Bagram. When I showed him pictures of my family on my iPod, I found out he’s never owned an iPod. In just a few days in October, on a mission visiting U.S. troops at war in Afghanistan, our group of Miss Ameri­ cas learned the true meaning of “duty, honor, country.” I am so proud of the way our fighting men and women con­ stantly react with courage in the midst of frightening, tragic situations. I deeply admire the way they strictly defend and adhere to our Constitution by respecting and committing to the chain of com­ mand, the protocol, the world’s finest

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 35 Supportive employers play a big role in the nation maintaining a strong Reserve. By Jeanne Kouhestani, Associate Editor

ill Noe’s office wall is covered with pictures of his people for uniforms and deploy overseas. And all keep in touch with in faraway places. The president and chief operating their deployed employees and their families, providing some officer of NetJets North America is moved every peace of mind through ongoing support. timeB he receives a picture of a pilot wearing a NetJets cap and holding an American flag on Iraqi soil, or some other memento Pulling Together of his employees’ military service. “It’s quite an honor for me Steve Dickert, general manager at AeroDyn Wind Tunnel, personally,” he said. “They’re over there fighting a war on behalf employs skilled mechanics and engineers who test and repair of everyone else, and yet they’re still thinking of us over here.” NASCAR race cars. One of AeroDyn’s own is currently in Employers like NetJets make it possible for Reserve and Baghdad with the Army Reserve, while his elderly parents Guard member employees to go off to war, provide disaster care for his two young daughters. Mr. Dickert checks on the relief at home—do whatever the nation asks of them—knowing family every week or two to see “what’s broken, hissing, fizzing, that their jobs will be waiting for them and that their families or spewing. We send our guys over because everyone here is will be cared for so they can focus on the task at hand. mechanical. Our guys have talent and we can fix anything,” he This support does not go unnoticed. NetJets was one of 15 said. “The only thing we can do is like football; we run block for organizations honored this past autumn with the 2009 Secretary him [his Reservist employee] while he’s gone.” of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, culled from Yet when a servicemember is deployed, there’s no question more than 3,000 nominations by appreciative employees. The the employer feels the pinch and must cover the vacated awardees range from a company with just 10 employees in a small position. AeroDyn, a small company of just 19, dodged the Midwestern office to another with nearly 90,000 worldwide, yet backfill bullet when its Reservist, Mike Scaglione, was called to they share common threads. All provide differential pay (making Baghdad for a 15-month deployment. A colleague volunteered up the difference if the civilian salary is higher than the military to delay his planned retirement to cover SGT Scaglione’s duties. one) or full pay and continue benefits for their servicemembers TriWest Healthcare Alliance, which manages the military’s and families. All have found ways to deal with the curveballs Tricare program for 2.7 million beneficiaries in 21 Western thrown at them when valued employees trade their work clothes states, approaches the challenge of employee deployment from

Support for Supporting Employers Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense for Reserve affairs, joined top Reserve Component officials to pledge support of the nation’s employers of Guard and Reserve members in a ceremony at the Pentagon for the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). Front row, from left: RADM Garland P. Wright Jr., deputy chief of the Navy Reserve; MG Charles Luckey, assistant for Reserve matters to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; MG Raymond Carpenter, director of the Army National Guard. Second row, from left: MajGen Darrell L. Moore, deputy commanding general, mobilization for Marine Corps Combat Development Command; Maj Gen Howard N. “Dallas” Thompson, deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve; VADM Dirk Debbink, chief of the Navy Reserve; Secretary McCarthy; ESGR Executive Director Pauline K. Brunelli; Gen Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau; Maj Gen Kelly McKeague, chief of staff of the National Guard Bureau; RDML Daniel May, Coast Guard director of Reserve and training; Lt Gen Harry Wyatt, director of the Air National Guard; and LTG Jack Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve.

36 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG 2009 Freedom Award Winners The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the Department of Defense (DoD) to employers for their support of employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense for Reserve affairs, and Dr. Jill Biden presented the awards at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17. In a DoD press release, Mr. McCarthy said, “In the eight years our nation has been at war, America’s employers—almost universally—have done an outstanding job of supporting their Citizen Warrior employees. These 15 employers are the ‘best of the best’ this year. They reflect the powerful synergy that exists between the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve, and their employers.” Each award nomination must come from a Guard or Reserve member who is employed by the organization he or she is nominating, or from a The Army Reserve granted AeroDyn’s request to delay Mike Scaglione’s return to Baghdad from leave for a few days so family member. The selection process is first whittled down at the state level. he could attend the Freedom Award ceremony with daughters Fifty-five committee panels forward up to three nominations—one each Myca (left) and Marissa. from the categories of large, small, and public sector employers—from their respective state or territory. Then, DoD’s Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) office hosts a panel composed of industry leaders and a different angle. A deployed servicemember’s work is defense leaders (the assistant secretary of defense for Reserve affairs and divided up among members of his or her work team. a representative from each of the seven Reserve Components) to select the “Our folks and their various teams are more proud finalists and recipients. to have a Guard or Reserve member coming out of their team than ever having an issue adjusting to the workload,” Large Business: said Scott Celley, vice president of external affairs. “It’s an encouraging and inspiring thing for different teams from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, US around the Western United States to have the opportunity Wilmington, Del. to step up from time to time.” He added that the team www.astrazeneca-us.com/ of currently deployed Army National Guardsman Brett AstraZeneca, which produces medicines for diseases from cancer to McGillen is putting time and energy into making sure respiratory conditions, provides differential pay and continues employment he remains visible not only to themselves, but to others medical benefits during deployment; companywide recognition from senior entering their area of the building. leadership; and Intranet access on all Uniformed Services Employment and “It’s actually kind of a nice circular situation because Re-employment Act (USERRA) policies and information for managers and the people we are serving every day are the same ones who senior leaders. The company has also created a Military Support Employee are putting on uniforms and going off to defend us, just Network Group, assigning a Family Support Coordinator to each family of as we are sending out some of our own to fill that role on deployed employees. occasion,” Mr. Celley said. The company offers online ESGR (Employer Support Consolidated Electrical Distributors of the Reserve and Guard) training to managers and Charleston, S.C. supervisors to educate them about the Uniformed Services www.cedcharlestonsc.com/ Employment and Re-employment Act as well as to help CED, which provides electrical products to contractor, industrial, and them better manage the challenges of adjusting to the manufacturer customers, continues profit-sharing, back pay, sick pay, and raises deployment of a team member. as well as continued medical benefits during deployments; sends care packages NetJets manages a fleet of 856 aircraft worldwide to deployed personnel and maintains contact and support with the families; and provides fractional ownership, charters, and other and sent 20 boxes of goods for Iraqi children during a toy and clothing drive aircraft-related services. The North America division of arranged by the nominator. Also, employees volunteered to help reconstruct a the company, which currently has 14 servicemembers wounded servicemember’s house and donated all electrical equipment. on active duty and 20 in training, received a whopping 23 nominations for the Freedom Award from employees First Data Corp. representing all seven of the Reserve Components. Mr. Noe Atlanta, Ga. said the company is supportive of its employees, and the www.firstdata.com/ employees are supportive of each other. “I don’t think any First Data Corp., which provides data processing, hosting, and related of our people would admit it if [deployments] did create services, offers ongoing USERRA training programs for managers and challenges, because we understand and are very supportive of servicemember employees; provides differential pay during deployment; what our people are up against.” continues medical and life insurance benefits for deployed employees and The biggest challenge is in adjusting flight schedules, Freedom Award Winners continued on page 34

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 37 Freedom Award Winners continued systems, was one of the first Texas employers to pledge its support to their families; provides supplemental leave to military families needing National Guard and Reserve members by signing an ESGR Statement to care for servicemembers injured in the line of duty; and maintains of Support. The company organizes and honors each mobilized personal contact with and supports families of deployed employees. servicemember employee with a send-off and welcome-home The CEO attends military promotion ceremonies for servicemember ceremony; senior company management consistently emphasizes employees; and employees assemble and send personalized care its strong policy of support for servicemember employees and their packages to deployed colleagues, their units, and local children where families, and company employees have participated by organizing care members are stationed. packages, visiting spouses, babysitting, and providing holiday gifts. The company is recognized by GI Jobs as one of the top 50 military Microsoft Corp. employers in the United States. Redmond, Wash. www.microsoft.com NetJets Microsoft provides differential pay and continues employee and Columbus, Ohio enrolled family members’ medical and life insurance benefits during www.netjets.com deployments; recognizes the military service of its employees through NetJets, the worldwide pioneer and leader in fractional aircraft newsletters, official Microsoft publications, and public events; and ownership, received 23 nominations by its servicemember employees contributes to the USO, the Fisher House Program, Walter Reed Army in all seven National Guard and Reserve Component services. Medical Center, Hire America’s Heroes, and the National Guard Youth NetJets provides differential pay and continues employee and Foundation. Microsoft has also initiated a Military Reservist Council enrolled family members’ medical and life insurance benefits during responsible for coordinating care packages to deployed employees deployments; supports employee fundraising for care packages overseas and providing a life-care guide to deploying servicemember and financial assistance for deployed colleagues and their families; employees and their families. coordinates homecoming receptions for deployed employees upon their return to the workplace; and shares the latest news FMC Technologies of its deployed personnel through its website and companywide Houston, Texas newsletters. A brass plaque on display at NetJets headquarters notes www.fmctechnologies.com/ the names of all NetJets employees who have served or are serving FMC, the leading manufacturer and supplier of subsea production abroad.

Meeting the Needs Chief Gerry Reardon of the Cambridge, Mass., Fire Depart- ment has worked with the City of Cambridge to make sure his deployed servicemembers have some extra money to take care of the little things that add up while they’re overseas. The depart- ment pays their full salary, without time limits, while they are deployed. “It doesn’t change the fact that they’re in a foreign country, in a hostile area and being shot at, but, hopefully, we in some way can turn around and relieve the stress of the monetary issue,” Chief Reardon said. “Does it help ease the burden when they have to hire someone to mow the lawn or do this or that because those are jobs that the deployed person was doing? I think it certainly helps.” The fire department has many in-house talents in the trades, TriWest and Arizona ESGR executives bid farewell to Claims so, like AeroDyn, Chief Reardon sends someone out to make Analyst Brett McGillen (center) prior to his deployment with the Army National Guard. repairs at the families’ homes when needed. “I think knowing that if a window broke or something happened, someone would go over to fix it for the significant other is a huge relief to them,” he said, which are planned months in advance and incorporate he said. “Our being able to do that helps the people being training and vacations. NetJets wants to make sure deploying deployed.” employees have enough time at home to get prepared and take Because of its military-related mission and proximity to care of their families before they go on active duty. “One thing military installations, TriWest employs many military spouses. we’ve always had at NetJets is a culture that appreciates all of The company extends benefits to them through its We Care our people as well as valuing our military men and women and program, such as optional temporary work schedules to allow their service to the country,” he said. “As long as you have that, the wife or husband of a deployed servicemember the flexibility the rest can be made to work out fine.” to work around school schedules or through rough patches. If

38 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG TriWest Healthcare Alliance Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien & Courtney, P.C. Phoenix, Ariz. Wilmington, Del. www.triwest.com/ www.mooclaw.com/ TriWest, which administers the Tricare program for military service Marks, O’Neill, a defense litigation firm with five offices, provides members and their families in the 21-state West Region, provides differential pay and full medical and life insurance benefits during differential pay and full benefits during deployments. The company deployments a year or longer and full pay and benefits for deployments has established a Guard and Reserve Liaison tasked with building less than three months, as well as remote access to company relationships between TriWest and Guard and Reserve leadership; computers and e-mail during mobilizations. The firm encourages created a We Care program for employees with deployed family employees to participate in the Delaware Christmas Stockings for members, allowing flexible work schedules while keeping full-time Soldiers program that resulted in almost 9,000 stockings stuffed and benefits; set up an online training module for managers and supervisors shipped to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008. in conjunction with ESGR; and each month sends 100-minute phone cards to employees with deployed family members to help families stay Mid America Kidney Stone Association in touch. Since 2007, the company has made contributions to National Kansas City, Mo. Guard and Reserve family emergency and relief funds in its 21 states. (no website) Mid America Kidney Stone Association, whose 10 employees offer Small Business: patient care, has provided differential pay between military pay and AeroDyn Wind Tunnel LLC regular salary and continued medical and life insurance benefits for Mooresville, N.C. its Army Reservist employee. Additionally, the association maintained www.aerodynwindtunnel.com/ communication with the nominator and his family, routinely sending AeroDyn, which specializes in wind tunnel testing for automotive racing, care packages and exchanging regular e-mails and phone calls during provides differential pay during deployment; employee and enrolled two deployments and two natural disaster relief missions. family members’ medical and life insurance benefits during active duty; ongoing support and contact via video, phone calls, and e-mails between Perpetual Technologies Inc. the deployed employee and family; mechanical and home repairs for the Indianapolis, Ind. families of deployed servicemembers; and a companywide farewell boat www.perptech.com/ cruise before the deployment of an employee. Perpetual Technologies, a provider of mission-critical data Freedom Award Winners continued on page 36

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WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 39 Freedom Award Winners continued management and consulting services, provides differential pay during deployments; coordinates regular care packages to deployed employees and invites their family members to company functions throughout the year; recognizes military members at public events upon their return from deployment and prominently displays yellow ribbons throughout the company’s facilities; contributes annually to the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund; and is a sponsor of a military charitable golf outing in Indianapolis. The company sends birthday cards to family members of their deployed employees that include a $5 bill for children and a $25 gift certificate for spouses.

Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien & Courtney staff prepare to attend Public Sector: the Freedom Award ceremony: from left, Maj Brad Sams, Cambridge, Mass., Fire Department who nominated the firm; Kathie Simmons, office manager; www.cambridgema.gov/CFD/ Dawn Doherty, partner; and Maj Norm Brooks. The department provides full pay to mobilized employees with no timeframe limitation; continues health and life insurance benefits for all deployed employees necessary, they can even work reduced hours for up to and their families; routinely sends care packages to its deployed personnel; has 60 days while still collecting full benefits as they pick up Red Shirt Fridays when all personnel wear a red shirt with a yellow ribbon on the the slack at home. Employees with deployed spouses also sleeve to symbolize unity and support; and awards service pins to Guard and receive eight hours of paid leave to attend homecoming Reserve employees to wear on their Cambridge Fire Department uniforms. The ceremonies. department’s leaders attend all their employees’ mobilization and demobilization Meaningful support takes other forms as well. ceremonies. Katherine Simmons is manager of the Delaware office of law firm Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien & Courtney. Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Department She asked Maj Brad Sams, one of two Delaware Air Jonesboro, La. National Guardsmen in her office, which of the firm’s www.jacksonparishsheriff.com/ efforts to support him during deployments were most The department provides differential pay and continued employee and enrolled important to him. Maj Sams told her that “the ability family members’ medical and life insurance benefits during deployments. to remain connected during the deployment provides The sheriff participates in promotion and awards recognition ceremonies and as much peace of mind as the continuation of full pay numerous public events that honor the military service of his employees, and benefits.” Last year, for instance, he was in military communicates weekly with deployed deputies, and encourages other personnel training when he was immediately deployed to the Gulf to do the same. During extended disaster relief deployments following Hurricanes Coast to assist with disaster relief during two hurricanes. Katrina and Rita, the department provided critical patrol equipment to deployed “He knew we were looking out for him, so the ability deputies to aid them during humanitarian relief efforts. to keep in contact with us eased the stress on him,” Ms. Simmons said. Ohio Department of Public Safety The firm provides a Blackberry and pass-coded access Columbus, Ohio to its office computer through the Internet. “It allows www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/ them the opportunity to keep in contact with us,” Ms. ODPS provides differential pay and continued family medical and life insurance Simmons said. “They can see what’s going on in the office benefits; gives annual raises, seniority and promotion opportunities; created and let us know how they’re doing, and that they’re a Military Committee to support the needs of deployed employees and their safe. In this way, the office feels in some way connected families, which implemented a comprehensive ODPS Military Heroes website to the mission because the servicemembers help to and published an extensive guide for military members, their families, fellow make everyone feel they are as important to it as [the employees, and agency leadership; and created unique software called servicemembers] are.” PeopleSoft that establishes an electronic platform for managing its support of To help family members keep in touch, TriWest’s uniformed services employees, veterans, and their families. president and CEO sends a letter of appreciation with an enclosed 100-minute phone card each month to the Santa Ana, Calif., Police Department families of deployed employees. www.ci.santa-ana.ca.us/pd/ The giving spirit of these employers ramps up during The department provides differential pay and continued family health benefits the holidays. For the past three years, for example, of deployed members; has policies in place to guide department supervisors TriWest has contributed to the family support funds for and servicemember employees during the reintegration process; recognizes the Guard organizations and encouraged other businesses in military service of employees through newsletters, photographs, and several the community to do the same. NetJets employees raise prominent display cases throughout the station; and makes comfort and support money, provide handmade cards from their children, calls to family members of deployed personnel through its Military Liaison donate Girl Scout cookies, and put together holiday Officer Program.n packages for deployed employees and their families.

40 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG ‘I don’t think any of our people would admit it if [deployments] did create challenges, because we understand and are very supportive of what our people are up against.’ Bill Noe, president and CEO, NetJets North America

Ms. Simmons of Marks, O’Neill said the office raises money helps reinforce the commitment of our company to its mission.” and collects items to stuff in handmade stockings delivered He said that one of the company’s leaders, a military retiree to more than 5,000 servicemembers overseas through the himself, has a son who is deployed and a son-in-law about to Delaware Stockings for Soldiers program. “We schedule deploy. “He said that this helps commit him every day to doing several evenings where we can go as a group to help stuff the best job he can to help our servicemembers not only at the the stockings,” she said. “From a personal standpoint, I have mission level, but because we’re also taking care of ourselves.” particularly enjoyed working on this project and I look forward Mr. Celley added that their servicemembers are focused on to volunteering as often as I can.” doing their jobs well: “They don’t do things halfway. Those are exactly the kind of people we want in our midst doing our job.” Two-Way Benefits But would a small company like AeroDyn be willing and Despite any hardships created by the temporary loss of their able to hire another member of the Reserve or National Guard, uniformed personnel under the increased operational tempo, knowing that yearlong deployments could occur on a regular organizations stress that these employees bring to the table a basis under the operational reserve paradigm? Steve Dickert said strong work ethic, discipline, patriotism, and military training— his experiences with his Reservist and ex-military employees have tangible benefits that strengthen the whole organization. All been positive, and he thinks hiring a servicemember is the right said they wouldn’t hesitate to hire a member of the Reserves or thing to do. Guard if he or she were the best qualified for the job. Indeed, “If I were in a hiring mode right now, if a Reservist or Brad Sams from Marks, O’Neill landed his position through his Guardsman applied for the job, they would get preferential connection with the Guard member in the firm. treatment if they’re as qualified as the next guy that applied. I Because of the business TriWest is in, Steve Celley said, “the don’t want to sound sappy here, but we like to do whatever is fact we have individuals in uniformed service among our teams right for the country when we are able to.” n AN OFFICER & AN MBA

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y any measure, the per- Those who are charged with the formance of more than responsibility for shaping national 700,000 Citizen Warriors security policy, supported by those whoB have served on active duty since organizations and individuals who Sept. 11, 2001, has been magnifi- are committed to a strong national cent. The Guard and Reserve served defense, must determine how to in full-spectrum missions at home attain the best value from each ele- and abroad, as both an operational ment of our defense establishment. and strategic force. As great as that Writing the next chapters in the Dennis M. McCarthy contribution has been, I believe history of our nation’s use of its Reserve Components begins with Secretary McCarthy was confirmed there is more we can do to increase as the assistant secretary of de- the capacity and availability of the the Quadrennial Defense Review fense for Reserve affairs on June National Guard and Reserves. and other strategic planning pro- 25. A presidential appointee con- Today’s Citizen Warriors have cesses. Importantly, the impact of firmed by the Senate, he serves as made a conscious decision to serve, proper utilization of the National the principal staff assistant to the Guard and Reserve will reduce the with full knowledge that the deci- secretary of defense on all matters burden on all forces—a presiden- involving the 1.2 million members sion means periodic recalls to active tial priority. Utilizing the Guard and of the Reserve Components of the duty under arduous and hazardous Reserve to best advantage increases U.S. armed forces. He is respon- conditions. The high enlistment and sible for overall supervision of the capacity of the Total Force. Reserve Component affairs of the retention rates in all services and Department of Defense. Secretary components clearly demonstrate this Attaining Best Advantage McCarthy began his service to the generation’s commitment to service, Extracting more value from our nation as a Marine Corps officer, if servicemembers are convinced that Reserve Components will require a serving in combat in Vietnam. In their service is valuable and valued. fundamental shift in the way many 1978, he left active duty to serve as an infantry officer in the tradition- al Reserve. As a Reservist, he was recalled to active duty on several occasions, including during Des- ert Shield/Desert Storm. He com- manded the Third Marine Division in 1997, becoming the only Re- serve general officer to command an Active Duty Marine division. He has commanded eight different Marine Corps and joint organiza- tions, including overall command of the Marine Corps Reserve as it undertook its largest mobilization in history. He retired at the grade of lieutenant general in 2005. From 1978 to 1999, Secretary McCarthy engaged in the private practice of law as a civil trial lawyer. He is ad-

mitted to practice before the Su- PHOTO PEREZ/U.S. NAVY 2ND CLASS CHRISTOPHER MATE PHOTOGRAPHER’S preme Court of Ohio and the U.S. Supreme Court. From 2005 to 2009, PO2 Michael Coore, assigned to the Naval Coastal Warfare Squadron Two Six he served as executive director of (NCWS-26), loads his gun prior to a patrol in the coastal waters of the Persian ROA. Gulf. NCWS-26 is a Reserve squadron homeported at Jacksonville, Fla.

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in the Department of Defense (DoD) needed. Using the Reserve Compo- teria outlined above, and where proper currently envision these forces. Tradi- nent on a rotational basis maintains its efforts and supportive resources are tional thinking has viewed the Guard readiness and expands its availability employed, family and employers will and Reserve essentially as a “force of and capabilities. The services should step up to support their Citizen War- last resort,” to be used after all possible continue to refine rotational availability riors. We must continue to engage and Active Component solutions have been models to achieve improved predict- support families and employers through attempted. Going forward, the ser- ability and deployment to dwell objec- well-planned and well-resourced efforts vices should plan to use the Guard and tives of 1:2 for the Active Component such as the unit family readiness pro- Reserve as the force of first choice for and 1:5 for the Reserve Component. grams, the Yellow Ribbon Re-inte- requirements for which they are well Family and employer support are gration process, and the work of the suited. also critical. Experience shows that National Committee for Employer Sup- The most important key to tapping where assigned missions meet the cri- port of Guard and Reserve. into this reservoir of Guard and Reserve capabilities is predictability. To enhance the strategic agility of the Active Com- ponent and to promote the sustainabil- ity of the all-volunteer force, the services should plan and structure all compo- nents for the missions for which they are best suited. The process by which roles and missions are assigned to the nation’s Reserve Component should be charac- terized by a belief that those forces can be, and in certain cases should be, the first choice for recurring or predictable missions within their capabilities. In this context, predictability implies

the degree to which requirements are CAPT PAUL L. GREENBERG/U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO or can be anticipated—in terms of the type of mission assignment, as well as when the mission will occur and how long it will last. Predictable missions set the conditions for the Guard and Reserve to be successful in planning and executing assigned tasks. The other important criteria are the assignment of challenging and relevant missions and ensuring the proper training and resources so that the mission can be successfully accomplished. Rotational availability models in use today (such as Army Force Genera- Reserve Sgt Juan L. Pichardo of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regi- tion and Air Expeditionary Forces) are mental Combat Team 8, gives stuffed animals to students at Shahira al-Joulan Girls essential to ensuring that the Guard Primary School during a visit by one of the battalion’s patrols in Rutbah, Iraq. The and Reserve are trained and ready when stuffed animals were provided by Beanies for Baghdad, a non-profit organization.

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 43 of a true Total Force, the nation reaps a number of benefits: • A cost-effective force. Using a force in its one year of rotational avail- ability permits it to prepare for five years with personnel costs that are only a small fraction of a force on full-time active duty, and without most of the infrastructure and sus- tainment costs necessarily associ- ated with Active Duty formations. • Relief of Active Duty forces that would otherwise execute the mis- sion, increasing their dwell-to- deployment ratio and sustaining that force for future use. • Keeping faith with Guard and Reserve personnel who volunteered to serve with the expectation that

PO3 STEPHEN ROWE/U.S. COAST GUARD RESERVE PHOTO GUARD RESERVE PO3 STEPHEN ROWE/U.S. COAST they would be judiciously used.

Above, PO2 Eliza- • Taking full advantage of unique beth Figueroa of the skills and capabilities. Members Coast Guard’s Port of the Guard and Reserves bring Security Unit 311 valuable professional, technical, from San Pedro, and managerial skills from the pri- Calif., passes out bags of goodies to vate sector that match well with schoolchildren in many current and anticipated DoD Umm Qasr, Iraq. The requirements. supplies came from the U.S. Navy’s Op- • Homeland defense and defense eration Handclasp. support to civil authorities as Total Force responsibilities. Reserve Right, SGT Gregory Components, particularly the S. Ruske became the fourth Army National Guard, are often the cen- Reservist to receive ter of gravity for DoD response the Silver Star dur- operations. Reserve Component ing the Global War roles continue to evolve in this on Terrorism for his complex environment. actions after he and his fellow Soldiers • Higher utilization rates of expen- were ambushed in sive assets resulting from shared Afghanistan’s Kapisa equipment and facilities between province April 21, 2008. Active Component and Reserve PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE THE DEPARTMENT OF COURTESY PHOTO Component units.

With appropriate advanced plan- hostility stabilization, theater security • Proven ability to recruit and retain ning, Guard and Reserve forces possess cooperation, and engagement missions prior-service personnel that pre- the potential to greatly increase the that are essential to dissuade and deter serves the expensive training costs department’s capacity in many of the potential foes. invested in these personnel while emerging mission areas. The long-term they served on active duty. recurring or predictable nature of many A Total Force Multiplier • A cumulative and positive readi- of the capabilities required in the future Where the Guard and Reserve are ness impact on Guard and Reserve is ideally suited for the Guard and used in a deliberately planned way and forces that will pay immediate Reserve. Such missions include post- are seamlessly integrated as members dividends if they should be called

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The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs’ Statement of Intent

Purpose: Set the conditions for a sustainable, seamlessly integrated, and complementary Total Force. Method: Proactively deliver cred- ible advice and information about the capabilities of the Reserve Components, and develop the pol- icies and resources necessary to fully exploit those capabilities. • The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs “sets the conditions” because SRA TIFFANY TROJCA/U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO the integration of the force must be done by the individual armed services. • “Seamlessly integrated” and “complementary” are charac- teristics of a Reserve force that is employed with confidence to augment and reinforce the Ac- tive Component in every facet SSgt Joe Nathan Jr., a weapons loader with the 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Main- of the national security strategy. tenance Squadron’s Tiger Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed from Homestead Air These characteristics imply an Reserve Base, Fla., inspects an F-16 Fighting Falcon after its return from a mission absence of friction and a mutu- at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. ally supporting force structure. • A “Total Force” is the combina- to respond to an unanticipated choice for recurring or predictable mis- tion of Active and Reserve Com- ponents that service chiefs will- contingency. sions within their capability. Institu- ingly provide, and that unified • A unique connection to the tionalizing this belief will improve the commanders effectively use to American people that facilitates process by which roles and missions its full capability. are assigned to the nation’s Guard and awareness and engagement on • “Delivering credible advice and key national security issues. The Reserve forces. Using the Reserve Com- information” requires fidel- Reserve and National Guard are a ponent to best advantage will lower ity to fact and a humility that community-based force; this con- overall personnel and operating costs, avoids boastfulness and over- promising. nection is essential to maintain- will provide more efficient and effective ing the nation’s commitment to its utilization of defense assets, and will • “Resources” include modern armed forces. contribute to the sustainability of both and well-positioned equipment the Active and Reserve Components. and facilities, and the assets In an effort to realize these ben- We have witnessed the growth in the necessary for a force that is efits, we must continue to examine the mission load placed upon our All-Vol- trained for both irregular and ways the Guard and Reserve can be conventional warfare before unteer Force, particularly over the past mobilization and deployment. employed to support national defense. decade. At the same time, the Reserve We must review the roles and missions Component has achieved a significant • “Exploit” Reserve Component that should be assigned to the nation’s momentum, being utilized in both capabilities means “to take full Reserve Components, given the require- advantage” of them. In busi- operational and strategic roles. The ness, it would mean a high re- ments of the national defense strategy best-advantage framework will allow turn on investment. and the principles contained within the the Reserve Component to sustain its upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review. End State: Our success will be momentum and remain a valued part- measured by the degree to which ner within the Total Force. We owe it we have advanced a culture of Conclusion to the great Americans who willingly mutual appreciation and confi- The nation’s Reserve Component declare themselves Citizen Warriors to dence in both the Active and Re- forces should be, in many cases, the first provide that opportunity. n serve Components.

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he year ahead will mark our Soldiers—full-time patriots who serve ninth year at war. Our ad- part time—are one of the best returns versaries will not quit, they American taxpayers get for their Twill not give up, and they will not money. They make the Army Reserve go away. National security experts a positive investment for America. predict a future of persistent con- With our transformation essen- LTG Jack C. Stultz flict: protracted confrontation among tially complete, the time is right to state, nonstate, and individual actors shape the force to meet the chal- LTG Stultz became chief of the who are increasingly willing to use lenges of the future; the needs of the Army Reserve and commanding violence to achieve their political and Army and the nation; and the needs general of the U.S. Army Reserve of our Soldiers, their families, and Command May 25, 2006, after ideological ends. These conflicts will serving as the command’s deputy strain our ability to maintain the all- their employers. Capturing the vision commanding general since Octo- volunteer force. of the contemporary Army Reserve is ber 2005. A veteran of 34 years in As our nation continues a long- essential. So, we crafted a new vision the Army and Army Reserve, LTG term ideological struggle against for our force: The Army Reserve is Stultz deployed three times in his recognized and resourced as America’s career, for Operation Desert Storm, these forces, we must sustain com- for Operation Joint En­deavor/Joint mitment and prepare for the unex- premier reservoir of shared military- Guard, and, most recently, for ​ pected, and we must do both at a civilian skills and capabilities that sup- Operation Iraqi Freedom (Octo- tempo that is sustainable and pre- ports and defends the nation. ber 2002–August 2004). He retired dictable to our all-volunteer force. Our vehicle for shaping the force from Procter and Gamble as an op- Against the backdrop of the second- and realizing our vision, the enter- erations manager with 28 years of prise approach (see story page 44), service. He is married to the former longest war in our nation's history Laura Brown. They have four chil- and the longest ever fought by an will bring about improvements in dren, four granddaughters, and all-volunteer force, the Army Reserve core management areas of readiness, one grandson. has evolved from a strategic reserve services and infrastructure, materiel, to an operational force. and human capital. This approach At the same time, the end- has already reaped significant prog- strength of the Army Reserve grew ress toward that end. by more than 20,000 Soldiers. De- spite a competitive recruiting market, Readiness we achieved our end-strength objec- By arraying our forces across the tive of 206,000 in April 2009, more Army Force Generation (ARFOR- than a year before we projected. GEN) cycle, units are placed in year Perhaps our greatest accomplish- groups to give more predictability to ment has been developing an opera- stakeholders. Combatant command- tional mindset throughout the Army ers can predict how much and what Reserve. Today, the force has more types of capability can be generated combat veterans in its ranks than at each year to provide forces trained any point in its history, and Army for the full range of missions. Sol- Reserve Soldiers expect to mobi- diers, families, and employers can lize once every five years and to train predict training and deployment cy- for another four years until they are cles, which allows for family, career, called up again. These Army Reserve and business planning.

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By LTG Jack Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve, and Commanding General, United States Army Reserve Command

To ensure that the contemporary (The Officer, November 2009). The mation for families, commanders, and Army Reserve supports the one-year- center is resourced and staffed to pro- Family Readiness Group leaders. in-five deployed ARFORGEN cycle, vide families from all branches of the we have converted training resources military with information, services, and Materiel and infrastructure to design regional the support they’d have to drive 120 Supporting the operational Army training centers and combat support miles to find at Fort Drum. Reserve requires more than attend- training centers. In the year ahead, we plan to open ing to the program objective memo- four or five more pilot facilities in dif- randum, the current budget, and the Services and Infrastructure ferent areas of the country to serve geo- appropriations structure. The Army We are strategically allocating re- graphically isolated military families. Reserve continues to experience short- sources—such as information technol- Additionally, we will hire 127 full-time ages in the most modernized equip- ogy, facilities, personnel, medical care— family readiness support assistants ment necessary to train our Soldiers. to provide the best possible support to down to battalion level in support of To maximize the use of these high- our families and our Soldiers. Family Readiness Groups. These new demand, low-density items, the Army For example, as part of the Virtual employees will provide administrative Reserve is taking an enterprise ap- Installations program, we opened our assistance to deploying units and work proach to our equipping strategy. The first pilot Army Strong Community closely with community resource agen- strategy is based on aligning allocation Center in Rochester, N.Y., in September cies to facilitate timely access to infor- and stationing of assets according to SSG CURT CASHOUR/U.S. ARMY PHOTO

Members of the 352nd Civil Affairs Command Color Guard participate in a building dedication ceremony in honor of CPT John E. Smathers, a fallen U.S. Soldier, at Fort George G. Meade, Md., Sept. 12.

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Army Reserve the Army Reserve’s mission priori- to needs identified in the 2010 Qua- ties, training strategy, and where the drennial Defense Review and Total Enterprise units are in the ARFORGEN cycle Army Analysis by developing capabili- Today, the Army Reserve is de- to place equipment where required. ties that an Army Reserve force is best veloping an updated campaign In the year ahead, the Army Reserve suited to provide to the nation. We plan to continuously sustain, pre- will refine that strategy. Our goal is to will use the enterprise approach to de- pare, reset, and transform itself while supporting global require- make the most effective and efficient velop a precise human capital strategy ments. To that end, we developed use of equipment while ensuring that to meet our nation’s future military a vision for the future that will re- the Army Reserve deploys its limited needs by ensuring that the right Army shape internal functions across resources effectively to produce units Reserve human capabilities are in the organization to support our that are trained and ready to fight and the right units at the right time. Our operational and our institutional win on the battlefield. analysis will also identify locations transformation: An Army Reserve that is recognized and resourced where our Soldiers can simultaneously as America’s premier reservoir of Human Capital add value to both the civilian work- shared military-civilian skills and In 2010, we will engage human force and the Army Reserve. We will capabilities that supports and de- capital management strategies to capitalize on our Employer Partner- fends the nation. shape the Army Reserve into an af- ship Initiative’s great success to sustain As we look ahead, we know that fordable and effective force capable of our Soldiers, their families, and their building the right force is crucial supporting national security objec- employers. for success. We must review all tives and our combatant commanders’ By facilitating Soldier employment programs and systems to iden- in civilian professions that build and tify what works, shape a force that warfighting needs. supports the Army’s needs, and The Army Reserve achieved its maintain individual military skills increase efficiencies to support end-strength objective, but human while not in uniform, the Employer commanders in the field. capital management faces other chal- Partnership program also contributes One way to view this future is to lenges. Successful recruiting added a to effective stewardship of resources. look at the Army Reserve as an welcome abundance of Soldiers in pay The program allows us to divert some enterprise organization. An enter- grades E-3 and below, but recruiting of our limited sustainment training prise includes interdependent re- new Soldiers as privates cannot fill the resources to other military operations. sources that must coordinate their thousands of mid-grade noncommis- Through Employer Partnerships, functions and share information we can further cultivate an affordable in support of a common mission sioned officer vacancies that currently (or set of related missions). The exist. Additionally, because the current operational Reserve force by sharing Army Reserve Enterprise consists recruiting system lacks precision, the our men and women with selected of four core management areas: current force has unnecessary imbal- civilian employers who, in turn, will human capital, readiness, materiel, ances. For example, the Army Reserve help us to develop and maintain tal- and services and infrastructure. To is authorized about 30 E-3 chaplain ents, capabilities, and skills that are optimize the enterprise we must: assistants but has more than 100 in its essential on the battlefield. Partici- • Attract and retain the best War- ranks. The officer ranks have an abun- pating employers see the skills our rior Citizens to serve our nation Soldiers bring as value added to their (manning), prepare, train, and dance of lieutenant colonels and colo- equip Soldiers (readiness), nels but lacks captains and majors. enterprises while we see employers’ An enterprise approach will posi- contribution in maintaining the skills • Provide our Soldiers with the the nation needs as value added to latest mission-ready modular tively shift these internal imbalances force equipment, (materiel), through a holistic recruiting, reten- our force. A strong relationship with tion, and transition strategy that the nation’s employers and an enter- • Provide for the well-being of prise approach to shaping the Army our Soldiers, families, Army touches many Army organizations. civilians, and employers while The Army Reserve will effectively Reserve ranks can prudently sustain a providing training and unit fa- partner with Accessions Command, ready force. cilities and secure, redundant Human Resources Command, and communications (services and Army G-1 to improve processes along Shaping the Force infrastructure). functional lines to shape the Army Given all we have accomplished, Together, these core management Reserve while concurrently contrib- the year ahead is the right time to un- areas enable the Army Reserve En- uting to the vision of an Army-wide dertake much that is required to shape terprise to realize its ultimate goal: continuum of service. our force for the future, but our enter- predictable, trained, and ready units—the essential components In the year ahead, the Army Re- prise efforts will face many challenges. that define capability. serve will formulate plans to respond During our years of transforma-

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U.S. Army Reserve combat medics from the 305th and 548th Minimal Care Detachments use a litter to transport simulated patients from Humvee ambulances onto a U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules aircraft during a medical evacuation exercise at Bush Field in Augusta, Ga., in June. tion, the most daunting challenge was tions, we foster stability in underdevel- Stakeholders’ Roles committing the people and resources oped nations where conditions are ripe As the Army Reserve works to shape necessary to build a force for the future for terrorists to gain a foothold. its force, its leaders must embrace the while continuing to meet the require- Finally, although many Americans future and lead change. Soldiers must ments of combatant commanders. That and their elected officials will seek a renew their commitment to serving challenge remains, and, although we’ve peace dividend from the impending their nation and to an operational Army overcome it in the past, I find the role of drawdown in Iraq, an operational Army Reserve. Army Reserve chief akin to a NASCAR Reserve must have adequate funding To accomplish our vision, we must crew chief trying to put new rubber on for incentives and benefits to shape the convince America’s employers that his car while the race is under green-flag force we have grown and to sustain an our program to develop and share our conditions. all-volunteer force. Targeted incentives human talent is good for the nation and Given our nation’s current economy, have been crucial to rebuilding our end- good for their bottom line. In the same some will question if the nation can re- strength and addressing critical short- way, our families must trust that the ally afford an operational reserve. The ages in some grades and job specialties. Army Reserve will care for them and competition for resources and equip- Continuing these incentives will allow that they will benefit from the freedom ment will be intense. We must be pre- the Army Reserve to shape the force they earned through their sacrifice and pared to communicate that, compared to better meet the requirements of our support. to the cost of expanding the full-time national security strategy and to give Working together, with the con­ force, the small investment in the Army Soldiers and families stability and pre- tinued support of organizations such as Reserve provides security at home and dictability. Additionally, continued in- ROA, we can shape our force to meet combats terrorism abroad. We respond centives will allow the Army Reserve to the challenges of the future. Most im- to domestic disasters and participate in maintain equity with the Active Com- portant, we can accomplish this while security cooperation operations while ponent and the National Guard, espe- meeting the needs of the Army, the na- protecting national interests around the cially in terms of education and health tion, our Soldiers, their families, and globe. In support of contingency opera- care benefits. their employers. n

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oday, the Navy Reserve is a future, we developed a strategic plan full partner in the Navy Total to give us a framework for our ef- Force. As a full partner, we forts. Titled Ready Now: The Navy Tshare Chief of Naval Operations Reserve Strategic Plan, this plan will ADM Gary Roughead’s pride in our guide us as we build our future force. accomplishments and his concern Our strategic plan starts by an- for the long-term well-being of our swering a fundamental question: force. Even as we fight today’s wars, Why does our nation need a Navy we must plan for our future. Reserve? Our answer is articulated in VADM Dirk J. Debbink Because the decisions we make the Navy Reserve Mission: The mis- sion of the Navy Reserve is to provide VADM Debbink serves as the 12th today impact our force for decades to chief of Navy Reserve in Washing- come, I am grateful for this opportu- strategic depth and deliver operational ton, D.C., representing more than nity to share with you the state of our capabilities to our Navy and Marine 66,000 Sailors who are fully inte- Navy Reserve and to discuss our new Corps team, and Joint forces, from grated with the fleet. Each day, strategic plan and our top priorities peace to war. about one-third of these Sailors for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. How are Navy Reserve mission are on some type of orders provid- sets and supporting capabilities ing integrated operational support Today, thousands of Navy Re- to the fleet and combatant com- serve Sailors are carrying out mis- derived? The Navy defines what ca- manders. VADM Debbink gradu- sions around the world, and tens of pabilities are needed for the Navy’s ated from the U.S. Naval Academy thousands are preparing to serve when Total Force and then decides where with a bachelor of science in sys- called. We are tremendously fortunate those capabilities reside—in the Ac- tems engineering in June 1977. He tive or Reserve Component. This transitioned to the Reserve Com- to have these hardworking, patriotic, ponent in 1983. His commanding courageous, and selfless men and ensures that the Navy and the Navy’s officer assignments included units women step forward to wear the cloth Reserve Force are always aligned. providing operational support to of our nation and go into harm’s way. Equally important to our plan is USS Dale (CG-19); U.S. Naval Forc- These Sailors and the warfighting a vision for the Navy Reserve, which es Europe; U.S. Atlantic Command; capability they provide can never be describes what we aspire to become: Supreme Allied Commander Atlan- Our vision for the Navy Reserve is to tic; U.S. Naval Forces Japan; and taken for granted. Our obligation— two Reserve Readiness units. He to our Sailors, their families, their em- be a provider of choice for essential was recalled to active duty as dep- ployers, the Navy, and the nation— naval warfighting capabilities and ex- uty chief of Navy Reserve in Octo- is to ensure that the Navy Reserve, pertise, strategically aligned with mis- ber 2007 and served on the Sec- upon which our nation relies today, is sion requirements and valued for our retary of Defense Reserve Forces readiness, innovation, and agility to Policy Board from August 2006 to ready and relevant tomorrow. July 2008. respond to any situation. The Strategic Plan This is a bold vision, but our in- To ensure that our nation has a dividual Sailors have the drive and strong, relevant Navy Reserve in the talent to achieve it. Our challenge is

Our Navy today is globally deployed, persistently forward, and actively engaged … carrying out the six core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy: forward presence, deterrence, sea control, power projection, maritime security, and humanitarian assistance and disaster response. … We are ready and capable today, yet we are stretched in our ability to meet additional operational demands. Our budget is pressurized, and we are limited in our ability to invest everywhere we see a need. —ADM Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, CNO Guidance for 2010

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By VADM Dirk J. Debbink, Chief of Navy Reserve, and Commander, Navy Reserve Force

to create an organization structured to plan is not something we do in addition • Pursue sufficient operational serve the needs of both the Navy and to our work: it is our work. support funding to meet Navy our Sailors. requirements. To bridge the gap between our mis- Priorities for FY 2010 • Ensure sufficient funding for Re- sion and our vision—what we do and We have five top priorities for this turning Warrior Workshops and what we aspire to be—we created three fiscal year to enhance our force-wide ef- other Psychological Health Out- Strategic Focus Areas to organize our fectiveness, make it easier for each of us reach programs. actions and drive results: deliver a ready to serve, and fully support our deploying • Deliver revisions to Naval Avia- and accessible force; provide valued ca- members and their families. Working tion Plan 2030 in which the valued pabilities; and enable the continuum of with the chief of Naval Personnel, war- capabilities delivered by the Navy service. fare/provider enterprises, resource spon- Reserve are properly resourced. Within these strategic focus areas sors, and fleet commanders, we will: are the initiatives that “change the way • Achieve resolution on a path to Pay and Personnel System we do business” and ultimately drive fielding a Total Force single inte- Our top priority for 2010 is to results. For FY 10, we have identified 56 grated pay and personnel system. achieve resolution on a path to fielding initiatives to improve our efficiency and • Pursue policies and legislation that a Total Force single integrated pay and effectiveness. Executing our strategic enable continuum of service. personnel system. MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS R. JASON BRUNSON/U.S. NAVY PHOTO

Engineman 2nd Class Kpaku Palay, assigned to Boat Division 56, a detachment of Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 1, serves as aft lookout during a simulated escort of high-value asset USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) transiting San Diego Bay in September. The squadron, comprising Navy and Coast Guard Reserve units from all over the United States, was preparing for deployment to Iraq and Kuwait to provide seaward surveillance and security forces in littoral areas and harbors.

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A patrol boat assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 9 passes under the Deception Pass Bridge at Whid- bey Island, Wash.,on its way to an annual training exercise in the Puget Sound in July. MSRON 9 is a Reserve unit responsible for anti-terrorism and force protection of high-value assets and ports.

The Navy and Navy Reserve cur- head states, “We are one force today— ist, we enable the continuum of service rently have separate pay and person- one Navy, with an Active Component by giving Sailors options that allow nel systems, designed and built in an and a Reserve Component.” them to achieve a true life/work bal- era when Sailors rarely mobilized or Enabling the continuum of service ance, stay Navy, and continue contribut- switched status. With the present sys- involves identifying and eliminating bar- ing to our warfighting effectiveness. tem, it can take weeks to properly transi- riers to service. Some require changes tion a Sailor from one pay and personnel in systems, like the single integrated pay Operational Support Funding system to another. This creates an unac- and personnel system. Fortunately, most Through the long-term budgeting ceptable barrier to a Total Force service. of the needed changes do not require process, we must ensure sufficient op- A single integrated pay and person- legislative support or new laws. So, in erational support funding to meet Navy nel system would enable Sailors to tran- many important ways, we have control requirements. Demand for the services sition quickly and seamlessly on and off of our destiny. of our talented Sailors has never been active duty status, without the commen- Not long ago we spoke of creating greater, and we must solidify our access surate delays and confusion regarding active duty “on ramps” and “off ramps.” to active duty for training funds used to pay and benefits. Our goal is to transi- Today, a better analogy is that we’re all fund this on-demand expertise. tion a Sailor from one component to on the same career highway, and during Navy Reserve Sailors can be incred- another in 72 hours or less. that career, we may wish to change lanes ibly cost-effective, but there is a cost, Our Navy’s leadership understands several times, moving from Active to and that cost must be planned for. This the urgency of resolving this issue, Reserve and back. Our commitment to means planning and budgeting for the which impacts every Sailor. I am confi- our Sailors is to make those lane changes Navy Reserve to do the part-time work dent that in FY 10 we will make consid- easier and faster. of the Navy. In the language of the Pen- erable progress toward this goal. The continuum of service is more tagon, we have to do a program objec- than just mobilization; service can and tive memorandum (budget) for that Continuum of Service does vary from a few days per year to support. The continuum of service reflects the full-time service. Because we value the Some of the Navy’s work is ideally reality of our Navy. As ADM Rough- contributions of each and every Reserv- suited for the Reserve Component.

52 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG For example, jobs that require special- programs continue to have both the full Ready Now ized skill sets on a periodic and predict- support of Navy leadership and the wid- Earlier this year, we adopted an of- able basis are the jobs where the Navy est possible participation by our Sailors. ficial force motto for the Navy Reserve: Reserve can deliver great value on an Ready now. Anytime, anywhere. This ongoing basis while at the same time Naval Aviation Plan 2030 motto is our pledge to our shipmates, providing critical strategic depth in case Our last major goal, but certainly one our Navy, and our nation. As chief of of emergency. of the most important, is to ensure that Navy Reserve, I can report without res- By working closely with the Navy to we have the resources necessary to per- ervation that our Navy Reserve Sailors identify and quantify the work it would form our mission. In addition to work- live up to this motto daily. like the Navy Reserve to do, we can ing through the long-term budgeting Today’s Navy Reserve is as strong ensure that the fleet gets the support it process needed to pay for our Sailors, we and as relevant as ever. Our success is a needs and our Sailors will have real and are fully engaged in the development of direct result of the dedication and pro- meaningful work, delivering full-time Naval Aviation Plan 2030 to ensure that fessionalism of our more than 66,000 excellence through part-time and full- the valued capabilities delivered by the time service. Navy Reserve are properly resourced. The aircraft we plan to procure today Mental Health Outreach will define Navy Reserve aviation for As President Abraham Lincoln said future generations. Naval Aviation Plan in his second inaugural address, our na- 2030 is the Navy plan of record, and we tion has a sacred obligation “…to care are working to ensure that our Reserve for him who shall have borne the battle, squadrons are included as appropriate Reserve Component Sailors and the and for his widow and his orphan.” in the Navy’s plan to recapitalize our tremendous support they receive from Today, I believe there is no better exam- aircraft. their families and civilian employers. ple of our commitment to warrior care My top aircraft priority is the C40A Our Navy needs, and our Sailors de- than our Returning Warrior Workshops Clipper, the Navy’s version of the Boe- serve, the best Navy Reserve possible. (RWW). ing 737. The Navy Reserve provides 100 Every day, I take to heart that each In the eight years since the terrorist percent of the Navy’s worldwide in-the- Sailor in our Navy Reserve has prom- attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the over- ater medium and heavy airlift, so having ised to support and defend the Consti- whelming majority of Reserve Sailors a reliable, fuel-efficient aircraft is vital. tution of the United States against all mobilized to active duty have deployed The C40A Clipper is a quantum leap enemies, foreign and domestic. That as Individual Augmentees (IA). De- forward from the old, inefficient, and promise is their covenant to our nation. ployed apart from the unit they trained maintenance-intensive C9 Skytrain IIs Our covenant to these Sailors in return with and often assigned duties that dif- it replaces. The C40A is a leaner and is to ensure that their work is meaning- fer greatly from their primary specialty, greener aircraft that delivers greater air ful, significant, and worthy of their time members in these combat zone deploy- logistics capability (payload and range) and energy, and that when they are de- ments can experience unique stress. with lower maintenance and fuel costs. ployed, their families are taken care of. The RWW is a weekend for Sailors The faster we can complete our transi- Our covenant extends to the families to reconnect with spouses, significant tion from C9s to C40s, the better it is and the employers of our Sailors as well. others, and each other following an IA for our Navy and the nation. As leaders, we fully understand the trust deployment. Free of charge and con- Looking ahead, a similar transition being placed in us, to be responsible ducted at a high-quality hotel, RWWs is occurring in all of our major aircraft for their most valuable “possession.” provide trained facilitators who lead types. EA-18G Growlers will replace Moreover, we have an obligation to do Warriors and a guest (spouse, family the Vietnam-era EA-6B Prowler. P-8 everything possible to ensure that their member, significant other) through a Poseidons will replace the venerable P-3 Sailors have the equipment, training, series of presentations and discussions Orion. The C-130 platform will con- and leadership that they will need, and that address post-combat stress and tinue to evolve, as will our SH-60 Sea- that they deserve and expect, to do the transition back to civilian life. hawk helicopters. work of the nation. Pioneered by the Navy Reserve, Replacing these aircraft—recapitaliz- Through our strategic plan, we will these workshops are now available for ing our forces—will not be inexpensive. ensure that tomorrow’s Navy Reserve all Navy IAs, Active or Reserve. RWWs But it is an investment we must make. can deliver a ready and accessible force, are a true success story in honoring our Somebody years ago planned for the provide valued capabilities, and enable Sailors and their families. I am com- aviation capabilities we rely on today. We the continuum of service. Our Navy, mitted to ensuring that these and other have the same obligation to plan today our nation, and our Sailors deserve vital psychological health outreach for the Navy’s needs in the future. nothing less as we move forward. n

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y all measures, 2009 was a pable, their numbers necessarily go successful year for the Air down. Aging platforms are being re- Force Reserve. Reserve tired and not replaced on a one-for- AirmenB continued to support our one basis. The Air Force is required to nation’s needs, providing superb op- make the most of its smaller inven- erational capability around the globe. tory. To this end, the Air Force Re- The Air Force Reserve is more rele- serve, Air National Guard, and Regu- vant to the Air Force than ever before. lar Air Force are integrating across the However, with success comes force, exploring associations wherever Lt Gen Charles E. Stenner Jr. new challenges and opportunities. practical. The Air Force is aggressively examining all Air Force core func- Lt Gen Stenner is chief of Air Air Force Reserve Airmen are being Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. integrated into a wider variety of tions for integration opportunities. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and missions across the full spectrum Over the past 40 years, we have commander, Air Force Reserve of operations. Indeed, the Depart- established a wide variety of associ- Command (AFRC), Robins AFB, ment of Defense (DoD) is consider- ate units throughout the Air Force, Ga. As chief of Air Force Reserve, combining the assets and manpower he serves as principal adviser on ing using Reservists from all services Reserve matters to the Air Force to perform missions utilizing their of all three components to establish chief of staff. As commander of unique civilian skill sets. Moreover, units that capitalize on the strengths AFRC, he has full responsibility all indicators point to an increasingly each component brings to the mix. for the supervision of all U.S. Air challenging fiscal environment. We recently partnered with Air Mo- Force Reserve units around the bility Command to create three more world. The general is a command The challenges we face are not pilot with more than 3,500 flying unique to the Air Force Reserve or active associate flying squadrons in hours in the F-4, A-10, and F-16. He the Air Force. Each of the military 2010 and beyond. About 500 Regu- has commanded four operations services is being asked to shift capa- lar Airmen will associate with Air groups and two fighter wings, and bility and capacity across the spec- Force Reserve flying units at Keesler has served as director, Transfor- AFB, Miss. (C-130J); March Air mation, U.S. Southern Command; trum of conflict—including irregular director, Operations, Headquar- warfare—and to resource accordingly. Reserve Base, Calif. (KC-135); and ters AFRC; director, Plans and Each has been asked to shift focus Peterson AFB, Colo. (C-130H) by Programs, Headquarters AFRC; away from major weapon systems ac- 2012. and assistant deputy chief of staff, quisitions and onto the current fight. But associations are not simply Strategic Plans and Programs, To do so, all three components of about sharing equipment. The goal is Headquarters U. S. Air Force. the Air Force must continually strive to enhance combat capability and in- to improve the capability provided to crease force-wide efficiency by lever- the warfighter. Each service must ex- aging the resources and strengths of amine business practices and explore the Regular Air Force, Air National new processes to make optimal use of Guard, and Air Force Reserve while personnel, platforms, and monetary respecting unique component cul- resources. The Air Force Reserve is tures in the process. To better accom- helping lead the way in improving modate the Air Force–wide integra- Air Force capability as we move into tion effort, the Air Force Reserve has 2010 and beyond. been examining its four decades of association experience. With Regular Force Integration Air Force and Air National Guard As weapons systems become assessment teams, we have devel- increasingly expensive and more ca- oped analytical tools to determine

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By Lt Gen Charles E. Stenner Jr., Chief, Air Force Reserve, and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command

the optimal mix of Reserve, Guard, and telligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, providing them the necessary training. Regular forces in any given mission. unmanned aerial systems, space, and The Air Force Reserve recruiting goal These tools will give the Air Force a cyberspace. for FY 10 is 10,500. While we met our solid business case for associating as we However, rebalancing a force can goal of 8,800 new Airmen for FY 09 go forward. take time, and the fight is now. To meet in August, nearly two months before The Air Force is also balancing Re- the more pressing needs of the Air the end of the fiscal year, our forecast serve forces across the full spectrum of Force, such as easing strain on stressed models indicate we will continue to conflict. It is leveraging the experience career fields and taking on new mission face challenges in both recruiting and of Reservists to alleviate stressed career sets, the Air Force Reserve will grow by retention. fields. And it is improving our ability to 2,100 Airmen in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. Each of these measures—integration, retain experienced Airmen by providing This will bring Air Force Reserve au- expanding into new mission areas, re- them a means to stay in the service fol- thorized end-strength to 69,500. By FY balancing of forces, and, where needed, lowing any life-changing decisions they 15, Air Force Reserve authorized end- increasing manpower—will help the Air make regarding full-time participation. strength is planned to grow to 72,100. Force more closely align force structure Over the next decade, the Air Force Re- These manpower increases are plac- to current and future DoD require- serve will grow into many new mission ing a premium on recruiting highly ments, as well as provide increased capa- areas, including nuclear enterprise, in- qualified and motivated Airmen and bility to the combatant commanders. TSGT LUKE JOHNSON/U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO

Reservists with the 13th Reconnaissance Squadron learn about the RQ-4 Global Hawk during a unit training assembly (UTA) last January at Beale AFB, Calif. It was the first time in the history of the 940th Air Reconnaissance Wing, which recently converted to the 940th Wing, that traditional Reservists got to train on the unmanned aerial reconnaissance aircraft during a UTA weekend.

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Improving AFR Processes will manage consolidated functional At the Pentagon, the Air Force Re- portfolios consisting of Reservists from serve is examining its processes to im- As indicated at the outset, Air Force unit, Individual Mobilization Aug- prove Reserve interaction among the Reserve Airmen continue to volunteer at mentee, and Individual Ready Reserve Air Force Headquarters staff to better high levels and provide superb opera- programs. To more efficiently meet support the chief of Air Force Reserve, tional capability around the globe. How- combatant commanders’ requirements, the chief of staff of the Air Force, and ever, we cannot take for granted the high AFRC will assume full responsibility the secretary of the Air Force in dis- level of commitment our Reservists have for identifying and scheduling Reserv- charging their service responsibilities. thus far demonstrated. We must do our ist participation in air expeditionary Through the Air Reserve Personnel best to ensure their continued service. force (AEF) rotations and mobilizing/ Center, the Air Force Reserve is also Accordingly, we are undertaking enter- demobilizing Air Force Reserve forces taking action to improve Reserve and prise-wide actions to make Air Force Re- through the Air Force service compo- Air National Guard personnel admin- serve service more predictable. nent to the joint force providers. istrative and management capabilities. In the Air Force Reserve, we are re- Centralizing will enable AFRC Collectively, these actions will contrib- vising our management structures and functional managers to readily integrate ute to the overall health of the strategic practices to eliminate redundancies both voluntary and involuntary partici- reserve and improve the sustainability associated with mobilizing and deploy- pation into a single force presentation of the Air Force Reserve and the Air ing Reservists to meet combatant com- process. This integrated process will be Force operational capability required by manders’ requirements. Administrative more responsive to the needs of Reserv- the warfighters in this new century. roles currently performed by gaining ists, provide them greater predictability, major commands related to sourcing make participation levels more certain, Supporting the Airmen and presenting Air Force Reserve Com- and ultimately provide combatant com- Reservists have relationships with mand (AFRC) forces will be performed manders with a more sustainable opera- three basic entities: family, civilian em- by AFRC. AFRC functional managers tional capability. ployer, and military employer—what I PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVE OF U.S. COURTESY PHOTO

SSgt Kerry Dapron of the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron stands inside the turret of a mine-resistant, ambush-pro- tected vehicle at the start of a day’s mission in Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq. SSgt Dapron is one of several Reservists deployed to the base from the 302nd Security Forces Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo.

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like to call “The Reserve Triad.” Helping tinuously engaging without exhausting Above, Lt Col Jonathan Burgwald, an our Airmen preserve these relationships resources and people. That is sustain- MQ-1 Predator pilot assigned to the 78th Reconnaissance Squadron at is critical to our sustainability. Our poli- ability. Moving into 2010 and beyond, Creech AFB, Nev., reviews a checklist cies and our actions must support the it is imperative that we preserve the in a simulator during a training mission. viability of these relationships. Open health of our strategic Reserve and im- communication about expectations, re- prove our ability to sustain our opera- Below, an Airman helps custom-fit a quirements, and opportunities will pro- tional capability. Going forward, we pediatric wheelchair for an Iraqi child. A C-130 aircrew from the Air Force vide needed predictability and balance need to continuously balance capabili- Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson among all three commitments. ties and capacity against both near-term AFB, Colo., flew wheelchairs like this To that end, we are now consistently and long-term requirements. one to Andrews AFB, Md., where an- and actively surveying Reserve and Reg- Clearly, in a time of constricted bud- other plane took them to Baghdad. ular Airmen to better understand why gets and higher costs, in-depth analysis they come to serve and why they stay. is required to effectively prioritize our We are continually learning and gaining needs. We must understand the role we a better understanding of attitudes to- play in supporting the warfighter and ward service and issues associated with concentrate our limited resources in employers and family. From their feed- areas that will give us the most return back, I can better advocate for benefits on our investment. Optimizing the ca- that help us recruit and retain Airmen pability we present to the warfighter is for the Air Force Reserve. a top priority, but we must simultane- Our nation has generously re- ously support our Airmen, giving them sponded with improved benefits such the opportunity to have a predictable as the Post–9/11 GI Bill and Tricare for service schedule and not serve more members of the Selected Reserve. We than they can sustain. are working hard to increase Reserv- As we move into 2010 and beyond, ists’ awareness of benefits and incentives it is clear the Air Force Reserve will play associated with their service. We are an increasingly vital role in meeting having an effect: many Reservists have national security needs. The actions we taken advantage of these programs. initiated in 2009 and those we advance BRAD BLASUER Military services must be flexible: in 2010 will preserve the health of the capable of surging, refocusing, and con- Air Force Reserve for years to come. n

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he bookshelves were empty, got that part; that’s easy. But it is a totally bare. The artwork different structure and a whole differ- on the walls—a couple of ent set of challenges. So, rather than TMarine aviation illustrations—was just the routine of assuming another left over from a previous occupant. job, this is going to be a real educa- LtGen John F. Kelly, the recently tion. It has been so far.” confirmed commander of Marine As his fellow Reserve chiefs were Forces Reserve and commander of finishing their articles for this issue of LtGen John F. Kelly Marine Forces North, had occupied The Officer, LtGen Kelly, too new his Navy Annex office in Washing- to the position to write his own story, LtGen Kelly assumed command of ton, D.C., for only one hour when granted a 90-minute interview about Marine Forces Reserve and Marine The Officer visited for an inter- his career, his outlook for Marine Forces North in October 2009. He view on Nov. 9. Forces Reserve, and his perspective enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1970 as an Active Duty officer taking the and was discharged as a sergeant It came after a few whirlwind in 1972. Following graduation from weeks for LtGen Kelly and his wife, reins of a job most recently held by the University of Massachusetts in Karen. Confirmed by the Senate at the Reservists. 1976, he was commissioned and end of September, LtGen Kelly took served at various levels of infan- command in a ceremony with retir- Reserve Experience try command, including sea duty LtGen Kelly was as surprised as aboard aircraft carriers USS For- ing Marine Reserve Chief LtGen Jack restal and USS Independence, Bergman on Oct. 17 in New Orleans, anyone when Marine Corps Com- and director of the Infantry Officer the next day flew to Quantico Marine mandant Gen James T. Conway Course at Quantico, Va. He attended Base, Va., for a weeklong general offi- tapped him to command Marine the U.S. Army’s Infantry Officer Ad- cers’ symposium, flew home to Camp Forces Reserve. “Frankly, I was vanced Course in Fort Benning, Pendleton, Calif., crossing paths with thrilled when the commandant called Ga., the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the School his wife heading for a weeklong Ma- me and said, ‘I want you to command for Advanced Warfare, both located rine family readiness conference in again, I want you to remain in the at Quantico, and the National War Dallas, Texas, and after she returned operating forces, and I want you to College in Washington, D.C. In 1995 home on Saturday he left on Monday take care of a great bunch of Marines.’ he was selected to serve as the for the cross-country drive to New I said, ‘Where’s that?’ He said, ‘The commandant’s liaison officer to the Orleans, arriving on Friday, attended Marine Corps Reserves.’” U.S. House of Representatives, and in 1999 served as the special as- the Marine Corps ball on Saturday, One thing that surprised him was sistant to the Supreme Allied Com- left at 5 the next morning for the getting another operational command mander, Europe, in Mons, Belgium. drive to D.C., and walked into his upon finishing a tour as command- In 2002, he became assistant divi- new office about the time Mrs. Kelly ing general of I Marine Expeditionary sion commander of 1st Marine Di- was welcoming the packers into their Force (MEF) (Forward). “I already vision and deployed to Iraq. From had an MEF, and I had it overseas. 2004 to 2007 he served as the leg- Camp Pendleton home before starting islative assistant to the comman- her own cross-country journey at the When I came back, I understood full dant. Promoted to major general, he end of the week. Whew! well I wouldn’t get the opportunity to was assigned as commanding gen- In all the comings and goings, have a second one. I just assumed I’d eral, I Marine Expeditionary Force LtGen Kelly did manage a weekend’s do a Washington tour or something (Forward). The command deployed worth of “firehosing” from LtGen like that. But when the boss called and to Iraq in early 2008 for a year-long mission with Multinational Force– Bergman about his new job, he said, said, ‘I want you to command again in West in Al Anbar and western Nin- but this Active Duty Marine still had the operating forces,’ I was thrilled.” ewa provinces. much to learn about his new com- And, yes, he was surprised to get mand. “The Reserves are Marines. I what he thought was a Reserve billet.

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The Army and Air Force have policies security forces battalion, the 2/25 based away the many categories of Reserve dictating that Reserve chiefs be Reserv- in Garden City, N.Y., assigned to his duty and have just two: on active duty, ists, but the Navy does not. Only the MEF. He had the commander divide the or not on active duty. “It’s got to be sim- previous two Marine Forces Reserve unit in two, with half providing security pler than it is, and I think we’re working commanders—LtGen Bergman and to bases, and the other half assigned to toward that.” LtGen Dennis M. McCarthy, now as- “pretty vital work on the Syrian border,” Even so, the Reserve is more inte- sistant secretary of defense for Reserve LtGen Kelly said. “And they did yeo- grated into the total force now than ever affairs—were Reservists. But just as Sec- man work there, great work training the before, and that has much to do with retary McCarthy once commanded the emerging Iraqi border patrol. Of course, the Marines’ force generation model Third Marine Division, an Active Duty they’ve got a lot of cops in the Reserve, in which Reserve units spend five years force, in 1997, and Reserve generals are cops and city workers, and they are a dwell time at home between every year currently filling Active billets in the Ma- little older as a group. That seems to give of activation. LtGen Kelly recalls “in rine Corps, LtGen Kelly sees his assign- them a little quicker touch with some of the old days” taking a Reserve battalion ment as evidence of a total force theory these specialized kinds of missions.” along for an exercise in Europe. “And in practice and an operational Reserve In anticipation of a significant in- they’d be good, but they’d come back that is truly and fully operational. crease in Marines going to Afghani- and [those skills] would atrophy because “One thing that’s clear to me, some- stan with the president’s new strategy, thing that was clear to me before I had LtGen Kelly was already lobbying the any word I was going to get the Reserve, commandant to assign two Reserve gen- is that Reservists are Marines. I think erals to fill a couple of billets in that bol- those of us who have ever worked with stered force. “I’ve been in this business Reservists understood full well they’re about two weeks, but I know them to Marines. They just don’t do it seven days be better than anyone you’ve got on Ac- a week. And you’ve got to hand it to tive Duty,” LtGen Kelly said he told the these guys and gals that they can man- commandant. “And if those billets come age to be Marines and whatever they do our way, these guys are willing to go.” for their livelihood.” He may still be absorbing the land- Closing the Gaps scape of his new command, but LtGen While LtGen Kelly did not see any Kelly knows exactly what kind of force gaps in the skills Reservists brought to he’s got. He’s relied on Marine Reserve the fight, he did have to overcome gaps in battle during three tours in Iraq, in the processes bringing Reservists to SGT JASON W. FUDGE/U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO twice as assistant division commander the fight. He encountered two person- of the 1st Marine Division and then as nel systems that he found “complicated, I MEF (Forward) commanding gen- particularly when we were pulling these eral. “I had Reserve units and, to say the guys and gals in at a really fast rate. There least, dozens and dozens and dozens of might have been a good reason for it, I Reserve Marines as individual augment- don’t know, but having two administra- ees working for me.” tive systems that didn’t talk to each other Indeed, he talks as if Reservists are struck me as being…” He paused a mo- extraordinary Marines. The Reserve has ment before finishing with “strange.” done its full share of missions in Iraq, He said he has twice read the report Then MajGen Kelly arrives at the Jump Command Post in Ninewa, Iraq, in De- from support missions to kicking the from the Commission on the National cember 2008 while he was command- bushes and sand for bad guys, he said, Guard and Reserve and endorses the ing general of 1st Marine Expeditionary but he described in particular a Reserve commission’s recommendation to strip Force (Forward).

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Then-MajGen John F. Kelly speaks with an Iraqi brigadier general at a ceremony during which the U.S. Marine Corps gave the Iraqi police a new forensics lab in Ramadi, Iraq, last January. they’d just go into the old weekend thinking about this and that. And it’s a Stay the Course warrior thing.” The “weekend warrior nice dwell time, five years back.” LtGen Kelly cites the previous ex- thing” no longer exists, he notes. Marine The Reserves also are given equal ample as he explained that, across the Reservists today can’t let their skills at- sway in equipment now, something board, the Marine Forces Reserve is now rophy, as they have returned to theater that was not the case when LtGen Kelly equipped at 100 percent. Recruiting twice and even three times since the wars served as the commandant’s liaison of- and retention is “spot on,” he said, and began in Southwest Asia eight years ago. ficer to the U.S. House of Representa- though the Reserve is still facing a short- Furthermore, once the action draws tives in the late 1990s. He recalled that age of junior officers due to fewer Ma- down in both Iraq and Afghanistan, back then, even with something as basic rines leaving the Active forces for the Re- LtGen Kelly sees an opportunity for the as raingear, the Marine Corps would in- serves than in past decades, the Officer Marine Corps to use the force genera- stitute a four-year purchase plan for the Candidate Course–Reserve (OCC–R) tion model to deploy Reserve units for Active forces, followed by a four-year is closing that gap. The OCC–R enables several months to perform partnership break, and finally another, longer buy qualified college graduates to apply for a training missions with other nations’ for the Reserve forces. “And weather is Marine Reserve commission for a billet forces, as Marine Reserves have done weather no matter if you are a Reservist near their hometown. Since the program most recently in the nation of Georgia or Active Duty guy, but back then that’s was implemented in October 2006 it has and in Africa. “Marines really do like to the way it went.” produced more than 190 second lieuten- periodically come back on active duty Today, “as fast as we get it, they get ants for the Marine Reserve. Readiness for a period of time,” he said. “The force it,” he said; and if this comment is a of the Reserve force is “where it should generation model really has given the little unclear on who is “we” and who is be,” he said, and “we’re working toward Marines and their families the ability “they,” it doesn’t really matter. “The de- a [five-year] dwell time,” giving credit to to plan. They know when they’ll go, cision isn’t Active Duty or Reserve, it’s LtGen Bergman’s management of the so they know when they have to start who needs it first,” he said. force the past four years.

60 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG That said, don’t look for the Active of. When you start thinking you’re big- college, just finished his officer program Duty Marine to shake up this Reserve ger than you really are, you remember at Quantico, Va., and is assigned to an command. “I certainly don’t have any you were a PFC once, being yelled at by infantry battalion at Camp Pendleton, ideas about turning the wheel hard sergeants.” Calif. Both sons have served in South- left or hard right. I don’t think that’s Though he describes his hometown west Asia. His daughter, Kathleen, is on required.” Rather, he sees his course as of Boston as a Marine town, LtGen the staff of the House Armed Services maintaining momentum. “And as bud- Kelly said he came from a decidedly Committee. gets get smaller, to try to the degree you non-military family. His father, “the LtGen Kelly called the moment repre- can to keep readiness up.” greatest guy in the world” and still alive sented by that document that would soon LtGen Kelly does bring one unique at age 91, was drafted into the Army just adorn his desk one of his proudest ever. “I set of experiences to his new job: time before World War II. When news of the tell you, to stand out there on that parade spent with Congress. In addition to his attack on Pearl Harbor came just a few deck and be called a United States Ma- job as commandant’s liaison officer to months shy of his discharge, he went to rine for the first time and having my drill the House in the late 1990s, he served his first sergeant and asked, “Look, this instructor pin on PFC—it doesn’t get as legislative assistant to the comman- Pearl Harbor thing is not going to get any better than that. I just never thought dant from 2004 to 2007, between his in the way of my discharge is it?” It did: there would be anything else in my life tours in Iraq. He has close ties to mem- he was soon shipped overseas and didn’t that could ever have made me prouder bers of Congress and congressional staff come home for another four years. than that day.” and counts many of them “dear friends.” LtGen Kelly’s own impetus for join- He’s asked if he’s had any moments “There’s no mystery for me with Con- ing the Marines was also the draft. He of great pride since. “When I made ser- gress,” he said. “I can tell you honestly got his notice, passed the physical, and geant,” he immediately replied. He then that they never, at least for the Marine then went right to the Marine recruiter. mentioned the day he got married and Corps, made a bad decision. They’ve “Like anyone else, this was something his three children. He next listed com- made some uninformed decisions, and you had to do,” he said. “You didn’t manding a battalion and commanding that was my fault because I didn’t edu- think about doing anything else back the task force that took Tikrit during cate them better.” He said he always wel- then. This was the height of the Viet- the Iraq War. “I’m very, very proud of comed the chance to address hearings, nam War demonstrations, but at least in what we all did in Al Anbar Province, delegations, and individual members of the neighborhood where I grew up, you where we really helped turn that place Congress, not only when he was assigned would never think of not going into the over to the Iraqis,” he said. to the Hill, but also while stationed in service.” He did his two-year enlistment However, after sergeant, any new Iraq, and that attitude certainly will con- as an infantryman and, prompted by his rank doesn’t make his proudest mo- tinue in his new command. supervisors and commanders, consi­ ments cut. “Rank is just something that “They obviously are a huge part of dered seeking a commission. makes you older, but it’s not something our government, and I never met some- But his mother developed terminal you work for.” In that vein, then, it’s not one up there who, politics aside and cancer, so he went home after his dis- the third star he accepts congratulations their attitude toward the military aside, charge on a Friday before Labor Day. for at the outset of the interview, but his didn’t want to understand what the is- The following Tuesday he got a call new command. “Taking command of sues were. They may not agree with you. from the local recruiter—a friend of his the Reserve” is obviously another pla- But if you don’t interact with them and last company commander—and soon teau of pride in his life. don’t help them understand and help signed up for platoon leaders class, al- Even before he could settle into his them make an informed decision, then lowing him to work toward a commis- new office, LtGen Kelly was back on the shame on you.” sion while he attended the University road. The day after his interview with of Massachusetts. “When I got home The Officer, he headed for Boston to A Family of Service I really realized I was in a better place attend a Marine Corps ball, and then a LtGen Kelly said he only has one with the Marines. It’s been a great life— Veterans Day ceremony in a small Cape piece of personal memorabilia he puts it truly has—though it’s been hard on Cod town where three Marines who had in his office: the document of his meri- the family.” served under him are now buried. Sig- torious promotion to private first class That family, though, shares his sense nificantly, the host of the Marine Corps the day he graduated from boot camp in of service. His wife, the daughter of a ball is a Reserve battalion, whose com- November 1970. “It’s on a little stand, Marine, is active in the Marine Fam- manding officer had served with LtGen and I put it there,” he said, pointing to- ily Readiness program. His two sons Kelly in Iraq. The general’s invitation, ward his desk. “Every time I think of…” are both Marines. The oldest, John, is a and his acceptance, came back in Febru- he trailed off, then said, “It just reminds captain in intelligence. The youngest, ary, long before he was selected to take me. 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s I travel about the Coast these huge demands. Since 9/11, we Guard and meet with many have utilized our Reserve forces at a of our Reservists, I like to rate of more than five times that of tellA them that it is a very exciting our rate before 9/11. Kudos to all the time for our Coast Guard Reserve Reservists who have been mobilized forces. And it truly is. As the 2009 or who have served on active duty calendar year winds down, I’d like during this time, and especially this to reflect on what we have accom- past year. plished during the year, as well as our Looking ahead, as part of an over- RDML Daniel R. May upcoming plans for 2010. all modernization effort within the RDML May was assigned as direc- First, from an operational stand- Coast Guard, we are seizing on the tor of Reserve and training in Jan- point, Coast Guard Reservists have opportunity to modernize the orga- uary 2008. He serves as director continued to support the national nizational structure of our Reserve of the Coast Guard Reserve and defense through mobilization in ex- forces support. Modernizing our Re- a member of the Reserve Forces serve forces includes implementing Policy Board, charged with devel- peditionary and domestic missions oping policies to recruit, train, al- in support of our overseas contin- the Reserve Forces Readiness System locate, and support nearly 10,000 gency operations. Our port security (RFRS), re-positioning our full-time Coast Guard Reservists. He also units have deployed to support these support (FTS) billets, and conduct- serves as a member of the Board missions; other mobilized Reservists ing an analysis of Reserve force size of Trustees for the Coast Guard based on operational requirements Academy and chairman of the are assisting with military outload Commandant’s Leadership Advi- missions and maritime safety and se- to potentially justify growth of the sory Council. From June 2006 to curity requirements throughout nu- force. During 2009, we began our January 2008, he served as assis- merous areas of the world and within first phase of RFRS with nearly 100 tant superintendent of the Coast the continental United States. Our new Active Duty personnel and Guard Academy, where he was Reserve program administrators selected for flag rank. A 1979 Reservists bring a specialized skill set graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard and a law enforcement authority that (specialized Officer Corps of FTS Academy with a major in ocean en- makes their presence vital to the suc- personnel) reporting to our sector gineering, RDML May has served cess of these missions. field units, districts, and deployable in a wide variety of operational, Domestically, many of our Re- operations groups. We accomplished engineering, and staff positions, including USCGC Ingham, Fifth servists have been activated to sup- this through a realignment of our District Civil Engineering Office, port our Active forces in everyday FTS billets to provide an imbedded National Data Buoy Center at the missions, ensuring the safety, secu- staff for direct support to our Reserv- Stennis Space Center in Missis- rity, and stewardship of the nation. ists. Over the next three years, more sippi, Plankowner at Civil Engi- than 60 more billets will move to our neering Providence, deputy group It has been clear since the creation commander for Group Boston, in- of the Coast Guard Reserve during field organizations and be filled with dustrial manager for Integrated World War II that we could not do RFRS personnel. Support Command Boston, and a our missions without the support In February, and then again in tour at headquarters as the exec- and assistance of our Reserve forces, July, we hosted our first formal train- utive assistant for the Assistant Commandant for Human Resourc- and that has never been truer than it ing seminars for our RFRS personnel es. He served as commanding offi- is today. Since 9/11, the Coast Guard and RPAs to prepare them for their cer of the Coast Guard Station and has taken on a tremendous workload upcoming assignments. This course Base in St. Louis, Mo., from 1988 in additional missions and respon- will eventually become an annual C– to 1991 and as commander, Coast sibilities. Our Reserve forces are a class school for all RFRS and FTS Guard Group Boston, from 2001 to personnel. This effort completes our 2004. surge capability the Coast Guard constantly relies on in order to meet goal of putting the right people, with

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By RDML Daniel R. May, Director of the Coast Guard Reserve

the right skills, in the right place in the we need for right-sizing our Reserve ready for publication in early 2010. organization, which is vital to the suc- force to ensure that we are properly pre- Our other focus in 2010 will be on cess of RFRS and improved readiness of pared and ready to respond to all threats continued improvements in commu- the Reserve force. and all hazards the nation faces, not nication capabilities for all our Reserv- As our last piece of moderniza- only today, but also tomorrow. ists and on enhanced recruiting efforts. tion, we are embarking on several new Additionally, in conjunction with Besides modernization of our Reserve efforts to determine the right size of this Total Force analysis effort, we are force, these were my two additional our Reserve force. Our first effort will forming a clear force generation policy goals when I assumed my role as direc- be a total force analysis based on new that will establish how our Reserve tor of the Reserve, and we will remain requirements as determined by our force is employed for contingency op- focused on both of these efforts in the deputy commandant for operations. We erations. We have adopted the Depart- coming year. will also partner with our Workforce ment of Defense policy of a 5:1 activa- We have made considerable progress Analysis Branch to conduct an analysis tion-to-dwell ratio but must formally on improved communication capabil- of the force size through our existing establish this policy and provide a new ity for our Reservists this past year, first contingency personnel requirements graphic depiction of how this will work launching a remote access capability list. Both of these efforts should provide for the Coast Guard. Work on this pol- that allows Reservists to access their us the key information and justification icy is nearing completion and should be e-mail accounts from any computer PO1 RICHARD M. WOLFF/U.S. NAVY PHOTO

A 25-foot response boat assigned to Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 gets underway as part of a mock medical extraction during a joint exercise with U.S. Marines in Guantanamo Bay in March. The Fort Eustis, Va.-based unit practiced evacuating an injured Marine from a remote area to the Naval Station’s medical facilities.

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Above, members of Port Security Unit (PSU) 305 stand next to the Coast

Guard’s monument of units that have U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MCS2 KIM HARRIS/U.S. NAVY PHOTO been deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. PSU 305 made its third deploy- ment there in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo last year. Right, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard person- nel operate harbor security force protection boats assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 5 as- signed to Combined Task Group 56.5 supporting U.S. Third Army in Kuwait in September. available, and then following up this the great interaction and response we year, as a new civilian editor takes over fall with a new CAC–RAS (Common receive from all of our Reservists. We’ll the Reservist. We are deeply indebted to Access Card–Remote Access Service) continue to keep the field in touch CWO Kruska for all of his efforts over system that allows even further remote through this venue. We’ll also continue the past two decades and are pleased capability, including other Coast Guard to produce our extremely popular Re- he’ll be staying on our Reserve Affairs system applications. We will continue to servist magazine that is a benchmark for staff to work his next big challenge of work on remote capability in the com- just about every other periodical pro- documenting our Reserve force history. ing year to achieve our goal of a truly duced in the Coast Guard. We are say- In improving recruiting, we have a connected Reserve force. ing good-bye to our editor for the past number of efforts under way to ensure Our Reserve website continues to 20 years, CWO Ed Kruska, who will that we meet the demands of filling our be one of the most accessed sites within stay on active duty to work on a special Reserve force for the future. The cre- the entire Coast Guard, thanks to our historical documentation project for ation of a new Coast Guard Maritime proactive communications staff and the Coast Guard Reserve over the next Law Enforcement Specialist rating for

64 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG both Active and Reserve forces provides for the Coast Guard Reserve. We have an ideal opportunity for new recruiting accomplished much in 2009, but have initiatives. While this change eliminates many more challenges facing us in our old Reserve Port Security Specialist 2010. In addition to the challenges rating, it better defines the true mis- mentioned above, we must also always sion areas and skills necessary in today’s retain our readiness posture in the Coast Guard. event of a national disaster under our It also allows us to draw individu- Title 14 Authority. This unique au- als with similar skill sets interested in thority allows the secretary of Home-

serving in the Coast Guard from the land Security to recall Coast Guard PO2 LUKE PINNEO/U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO many civilian law enforcement agencies Reservists to respond in the event of across the country. With the new rat- a national disaster (either natural or ing comprising nearly 12 percent of the manmade), similar to our response entire Reserve Force, we have reached during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. out to law enforcement agencies all Maintaining our readiness through our over the country to make them aware annual IDT/ADT training is para- of this new opportunity for service in mount to our nation’s capability to the Coast Guard Reserves. Our goal for respond and recover from these types 2010 will be to complete the year at our of events, and no one understands that With an M-240-B machine gun at the ready, budgeted end-strength of 8,100 drilling better than every member of our Coast Coast Guard Seaman Darcy McGrail, of Reservists. Guard Reserve. Station Boston, keeps a watchful eye on Boston Harbor during the security escort of n As you can see, it is an exciting time Semper Paratus! a tanker delivering liquefied natural gas.

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young nation faced with formed service of the United States. tough national security and The direct descendants of the economic challenges. A nat- C&GS, NOAA and the NOAA uralA world governed by powerful and Corps work every day to keep the mysterious forces that often threat- nation secure and productive by ened life, property, and commerce. It providing products and services that was under, and in response to, these support maritime domain awareness; conditions that President Thomas help ensure safe passage of com- Jefferson created a new federal mercial and military traffic on our RADM Jonathan W. Bailey agency, the Survey of the Coast, that nation’s waterways; warn mariners, RADM Bailey became the direc- would help provide for the nation’s aviators, and the public of severe tor of the NOAA Corps and Office defense, ensure the well-being of its weather; aid search and rescue ef- of Marine and Aviation Operations citizens, and unlock nature’s secrets. forts; enhance our understanding on Oct. 1, 2007. A NOAA officer for The agency’s mission: to chart of climate change; and protect our 28 years, RADM Bailey has had a natural resources. balanced operational career, with the nation’s coastal waters to en- seven years of sea duty aboard sure that ships—both commercial five NOAA ships and nine years of and military—could move civil- 21st Century Challenges flight duty piloting three NOAA air- ians, troops, and materiel safely. Its Continuing in the tradition of craft. His executive assignments very existence was recognition that their C&GS predecessors, NOAA include executive director to the Corps officers play a vital role in the deputy undersecretary for oceans our national security and economic and atmosphere; director of the vitality are closely and inseparably acquisition and analysis of insitu data Commissioned Personnel Center; linked with our understanding of the that aid NOAA and other agencies and director of the NOAA Remote environment. in meeting the national security, eco- Sensing Division. He has a Master During the next 150 years, the nomic, and environmental challenges of Science in aeronautical science Survey of the Coast (later the Coast of the 21st century. and a Bachelor of Science in natu- ral resources. RADM Bailey lives & Geodetic Survey or C&GS) NOAA Corps officers command in Maryland with his wife, Cindy, would prove itself in war as well as ships that scan the seafloor for po- and three sons. in peacetime. With the entry of the tential hazards to shipping, monitor United States into World War I, a oceanographic and atmospheric con- commissioned service of the C&GS ditions, and study ocean resources. was formed, ensuring the rapid as- They operate highly specialized similation of C&GS technical skills aircraft that collect environmental for defense purposes. During World and geographic data necessary for War II, officers and civilians of the weather and flood prediction, nauti- C&GS produced nautical and aero- cal and aeronautical charting, disaster nautical charts, provided critical response, and resource management. geospatial information to artillery NOAA Corps officers also serve in a units, and conducted reconnaissance variety of scientific and program posi- surveys. tions that support NOAA’s mission Today, the work of the C&GS— to understand and predict changes in and much more—is conducted by the Earth’s environment and conserve the National Oceanic and Atmos­ and manage coastal and marine re- pheric Administration (NOAA) sources. Like their C&GS predeces- and its commissioned officer service, sors, NOAA Corps officers and their the NOAA Corps, the seventh uni- skills can be readily reassigned to

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By RADM Jonathan W. Bailey, Director, NOAA Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

offices within the agency or folded into that have a potential to enhance our tions, predict snow-melt flooding, and the Department of Defense in times of data-gathering capabilities and mission improve hurricane prediction mod- war or national emergency. performance. Underlying each of these els throughout the United States and To maintain a ready, highly trained efforts is a commitment to safety, people, around the world. commissioned officer and civilian force maintenance, and standards. NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Cen- to meet current and future national se- ter, located at MacDill AFB in Tampa, curity, economic, and environmental Aircraft for a Critical Need Fla., is home to NOAA’s fleet of air- challenges, the NOAA Corps and the NOAA currently operates, man- craft. These fixed-wing aircraft operate NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation ages, and maintains a fleet of 13 aircraft. in some of the world’s most remote and Operations (OMAO) have moved for- These airborne platforms are neces- demanding flight regimes—over open ward on a set of major initiatives to re- sary to collect the environmental and ocean, mountains, coastal wetlands, capitalize NOAA’s fleet of ships and air- geographic data needed to study global Arctic pack ice, and in and around hur- craft, assets critical to the acquisition of climate change, assess marine mammal ricanes and other severe weather—with essential data. OMAO is also adopting populations, survey coastal erosion, an exemplary safety record. There are no new technologies and evaluating systems investigate oil spills, enforce regula- comparable aircraft in the commercial PHOTO COURTESY OF NOAA

NOAA Corps LCDR Jeremy Adams with NOAA Ship Pisces, one of NOAA’s newest research vessels.

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Above, operated by the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and flown by NOAA Corps officers, NOAA’s Gulfstream IV (foreground) and Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft collect data vital to hurricane research and forecasting.

Left, a NOAA Corps officer on NOAA Ship Miller Freeman takes bearings.

gathering and platform requirements. The resulting Aircraft Recapitalization Plan is now under review by the De- partment of Commerce. Recapitalizing the Ship Fleet Seagoing vessels have been, and will continue to be, a primary source of observation data, providing in situ measurements of physical and biologi- PHOTO COURTESY OF NOAA cal oceanography and supporting both NOAA’s information services and its ecosystem management services. NOAA currently operates, manages, and maintains a fleet of 19 research and survey ships. NOAA relies on private fleet to support NOAA’s atmospheric continue to collect high-quality en- sector and university partnerships to and hurricane surveillance and research vironmental and geographic data, help meet requirements for at-sea data programs. OMAO recently conducted a top-to- collection—obtaining about 2,000 days In an effort to ensure that we can bottom assessment of its airborne data- of chartered support annually from

68 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG private and university-operated ships. confronted by Thomas Jefferson, the tinually senses change and continually NOAA uses this effective approach foundations of a strong defense remain adapts. We are building leaders who ad- when ships with the capability and ca- the same: a highly trained force backed dress and mitigate threats to the nation’s pacity to meet NOAA requirements are by ready reserves, robust infrastructure, ecosystems, coasts, and skies for the available and will continue to use these and domain awareness. As we navigate next 200 years. The NOAA Corps and critical assets in the future to meet mis- in this evolving world of the 21st cen- OMAO remain committed to ensuring sion requirements. tury, we dare not wait to be prompted the strength of those foundations and To ensure that NOAA maintains a by external events and perceptions that continuing the tradition of providing relevant and vital at-sea data collection dictate the terms of change to us. We science, service, and environmental stew- capability, NOAA developed the Fis- are building a NOAA Corps that con- ardship to the nation. n cal Year (FY) 2010–to–FY 24 NOAA Ship Recapitalization Plan. Approved by the Office of Management and Bud- get last year, the plan recommends re- placing nine of the 10 oldest ships with new construction and extending the service life of one ship through inten- sive capital investment.

New Technologies OMAO has successfully imple- mented new technologies on NOAA aircraft and ships to maintain efficient operations and improve effectiveness, and has sought to use state-of-the-art equipment as budgets have allowed. Testing and evaluation of applied re- search and program-supplied technol- ogy continues. OMAO is currently evaluating a number of technologies that have po- tential to contribute to more effective and efficientin situ observations, in- cluding autonomous underwater vehi- cles and unmanned aircraft systems. In the near-term, technology is expected to enable the agency to make incremen- tal advances over its current capabilities. In the long-term, application of NOAA resources to environmental problems is expected to be increasingly response-oriented, and decisions on which technologies to incorporate and when to adopt them need to be based on analyses determining the economic benefit of a candidate technology rela- tive to alternative approaches. OMAO believes that new technology will have a significant role to play in the future NOAA fleet.

Ready to Serve While today’s national security chal- lenges differ in many ways from those

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he mission of the United assignments that range from one to States Public Health Service 120 consecutive days of service. An (USPHS) Commissioned officer can serve up to a total of 240 TCorps is to protect, promote, and ad- days per fiscal year on short tour vance the health and safety of the na- orders. In addition, officers can be tion. The corps is made up of officers voluntarily activated on intermittent who serve in 11 professional catego- tour orders, which allow an agency RADM Robert C. Williams ries: medical, dental, nurse, engineer, or department and the officer to scientist, environmental health, vet- agree upon nonconsecutive days in RADM Williams has served as the erinary, pharmacy, dietetics, therapy, which the Inactive Reservist will re- acting deputy surgeon general of port for duty. Reservists on intermit- the United States since October and health services. Officers in these 2007. He is the principal assistant categories serve in one of three com- tent tours can serve up to a total of and advisor to the surgeon gen- ponents of the corps: Regular, Re- 100 days per fiscal year. eral in the development and imple- serve, or Inactive Reserve. The IRC is composed of officers mentation of programs, priorities, As the acting deputy surgeon gen- who have inactivated from extended and initiatives. In addition, RADM eral, I oversee the operations of the active duty as well as officers who Williams maintains relationships have been directly commissioned and collaborations with executive Commissioned Corps. We continue leadership within the federal gov- to seek new opportunities for growth into the Inactive Reserve. Many of ernment and serves as chief ex- and development of our corps and, the directly commissioned Inactive ecutive officer of the 6,500 mem- in particular, the Inactive Reserve. At Reservists have full-time civilian bers of the USPHS Commissioned present, we continue to seek authori- positions in both public and private Corps. Prior to assuming these organizations and offer the PHS duties, RADM Williams served as ties for the development of a Ready chief of staff, Office of the Surgeon Reserve modeled after our military unique skills. For example, one Re- General, providing advice and colleagues; several legislative propos- servist is a full-time surgical oncolo- council to the surgeon general, als have been put forward to estab- gist/researcher, others have environ- plus direction and oversight to 110 lish a USPHS Ready Reserve. mental health expertise, and others personnel constituting six offices: are university professors and scien- Commissioned Corps Operations, Operations tists with specialties in public health Force Readiness and Deployment, Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve The PHS Active Reserve Corps and psychological health. Addition- Corps, Reserve Affairs, Military Li- serves on full-time active duty. ally, students who have completed aison and Veteran Affairs, and Sci- Members are assigned to agencies the USPHS Junior Commissioned ence and Communications. He has throughout the U.S. Department of Officer Student Training and Extern more than 30 years of experience Health and Human Services (HHS) Program are eligible for a commis- in environmental engineering and public health. He recently con- (e.g., the Indian Health Service, the sion upon attaining their qualifying cluded six years as chief engineer Centers for Disease Control and Pre- degree and are appointed into the of the U.S. Public Health Service, vention, the Food and Drug Admin- Inactive Reserve on request. providing advice and consultation istration) and in other federal entities Inactive Reservists provide invalu- on public health engineering mat- (e.g., U.S. Coast Guard, Bureau of able support to the Department of ters to the surgeon general and Prisons, Department of Defense). Defense (DoD), Coast Guard, the to more than 1,200 engineers in the Public Health Service. He also Our Inactive Reserve Corps (IRC) Indian Health Service, and other served as director of the Division provides a surge capacity during agencies inside and outside of HHS. of Health Assessment and Consul- times of acute need and to fill critical Annually, Inactive Reservists serve tation of the Agency for Toxic Sub- staffing shortages. Inactive Reserv- more than an average of 2,500 activa- stances and Disease Registry. ists voluntarily activate on short tour tion days supporting the missions of

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By RADM Robert C. Williams, P.E., DEE Acting Deputy Surgeon General of the United States

these agencies by temporarily backfilling Training and Recruitment ficers trained jointly in the course since vacancies that are difficult for agencies The Office of Reserve Affairs (ORA) the new curriculum was implemented to fill. This includes work with Soldiers, continues to improve its readiness pos- two years ago. Many of the Inactive Re- Sailors, Airmen, and Marines returning ture by providing additional training servists served in leadership roles during from combat as well as providing health opportunities for Inactive Reservists. the training and were commended on care to underserved populations in iso- This summer, we piloted a new initia- their performances. We expect to con- lated and hardship areas of our country tive: collaborative training together tinue this model in the future. and throughout the world. with Active Duty officers and civilian Inactive Reservists also participated The Indian Health Service remains volunteers. Inactive Reservists joined with extended active duty officers in a one of the largest clients of IRC of- our extended Active Duty officers for field training sponsored by the Office ficers. In their service here, our officers our two-week residential Officer Basic of Force Readiness and Deployment, serve the mission of raising the physi- Course. This was the first time the of- whose mission is to ensure that officers cal, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indian and Alaska Native populations. The agency accounted for 44 percent of the total activation days for Fiscal Year 2009. Physicians, phar- macists, nurses, and dentists combined for 1,105 days by providing health care to American Indian and Alaska Native patients of underserved communities. The IRC continues to support DoD by sending medical officers and other

health care practitioners to Army Medi- CHIEF MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST DAVID M. VOTROUBEK/U.S. NAVY PHOTO cal Treatment Facilities and to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). IRC medical officers CAPT Max Koppel and CAPT Steven Libutti completed another year of intermittent duty at Walter Reed Medical Center. CAPT Merritt Schreiber completed an intermittent tour of duty with NORAD- US North Command in the Office of the Command Surgeon. Additionally, Inac- tive Reservists served with distinction on international joint forces missions that provided humanitarian services to na- tions located in South America and the South Pacific. The medical, dental, and CAPT Charles Craft of the U.S. Public Health Service, left, and Hospital Corps- veterinarian officers promoted sustained man 3rd Class Javier Cestero extract a tooth from a young patient in Lapu-Lapu international partnerships by providing City, Philippines, during a medical mission to Barungay Ibo in May. The mission was part of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2009. primary care, preventative medicine, and CARAT is a sequential series of bilateral exercises held annually in the Southeast veterinary services to remote populations Asia region designed to build relationships and enhance the operational readiness in developing countries. of the participating forces.

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are trained, equipped, and ready to ad- Achievement for his work in starting dress unmet public health and medical a Public Health Service Student Asso- needs both nationally and interna- ciation at his university. The exposure tionally. Operation Charybdis was a to the USPHS has sparked significant week-long training conducted at Fort interest within the student commu- A.P. Hill, an Army training facility in nity, both for uniformed service to the Bowling Green, Va., that concluded country and for careers in HHS. with a simulated exercise involving a simultaneous H1N1 flu and hurricane New Faces in ORA response. For this, Inactive Reservists ORA was established to provide and civilian volunteers of the Medi- support to the IRC by coordinating cal Reserve Corps joined with Active training, recruitment for direct com- Duty Corps officers in a collaborative missions, and facilitating the activa- training setting. It is our philosophy tion of Inactive Reservists to do short that we serve in the field together with tours or intermittent tours. Inactive our civilian colleagues and that joint Reservists voluntarily activate to pro- simulated training can model real vide support for agency missions or scenarios to better prepare us to pro- emergency responses. The new direc- U.S. Senate Confirms tect our nation’s health during public tor of ORA is RADM Carol Romano New Surgeon General health emergencies. (nurse). The ORA staff consists of In October, the Senate unani- ORA continues to explore addi- LCDR Rebecca Bunnell (health ser- mously approved the appointment tional innovative training opportuni- vices officer), LCDR Jefferson Fredy of Dr. Regina Benjamin as the U.S. ties for Reservists. The Inactive Reserv- (pharmacy), and LCDR Derrick Surgeon General of the United ists currently have access to web-based Wyatt (nurse). LCDR Bunnell, who States. training that will prepare the officers joined the staff in May 2009, was pre- Dr. Benjamin is founder and for emergency responses and disaster viously with the Office of the Assistant CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural relief efforts. Inactive Reservists are Secretary for Preparedness and Readi- Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, provided the opportunity to complete ness at HHS. LCDR Wyatt, who Ala. She made headlines for keep- joined the staff in June 2009, came ing the clinic running during two online modules and other require- hurricanes. ments for the expert field readiness from the Centers for Medicare and medical badge. These training oppor- Medicaid Services. LCDR Fredy is as- Dr. Benjamin is the immediate past signed to ORA by the Indian Health chairwoman of the Federation of tunities provide the Commissioned State Medical Boards of the United Corps with well-trained, highly quali- Service and has been on staff since States and previously served as fied officers who are ready to respond February 2008. This new staff has hit associate dean for Rural Health at to any type of public health crisis. the ground running with a seamless the University of South Alabama To increase the Inactive Reserve transition and has skillfully executed College of Medicine. In 2002, she force strength, and thereby enhance new initiatives in its short tenure. We became president of the Medical look forward to strong leadership and Association of the State of Ala- our ability to support current partner- bama, making her the first Afri- ships and successfully manage new service from this office. can-American woman to be presi- initiatives, the corps must have active In closing, I want to emphasize that dent of a state medical society in recruiting campaigns. Inactive Reserv- it is the corps’ goal to recruit, train, and the United States. Among her hon- ists serve as recruiters in their civilian deploy our Reserve assets to meet the ors, she received the 2000 National positions; two of our very best are aca- challenging public health and emer- Caring Award, which was inspired gency response needs within our nation by Mother Teresa, as well as the demicians. LCDR Robert Emery, asso- papal honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontif- ciate professor of Occupational Health and around the world. We are also com- ice from Pope Benedict XVI. at the University of Texas Public mitted to continuing partnerships with Health in Houston, Texas, and CAPT our military colleagues on joint human- Daniel Sprau, associate professor of itarian training and response missions Environmental Health Sciences at and to developing new partnerships. East Carolina University in Greenville, Our USPHS Reserve Corps is critical N.C., promote and increase the aware- to protecting our nation’s health. We ness of USPHS career opportunities. are grateful for the dedication and com- LCDR Emery was recently awarded mitment of all our Reservists who serve the Public Health Service Medal of our mission and our people. n

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H H H H H H H H H H America’s H H H H H Indispensable Force

bout 400 years ago, a few The first team deployed from Mis- hardy souls boarded tall souri in 2007. Today, eight teams are ships from the shores of dispersed throughout Afghanistan, theirA comfortable European home- doing incredible work promoting land to come to a North American sustainable farming practices and wilderness. They risked their lives on stimulating Afghan agriculture. For the treacherous waters of the North the Guardsmen, that means engag- Atlantic for a new land and a bet- ing with local farmers and helping ter life. Homeland security became them get past many of their chal- Gen Craig R. McKinley a concern for these early settlers. In lenges, such as water and infrastruc- Gen McKinley is chief of the Na- times of need, volunteers from tiny ture issues. tional Guard Bureau, a joint activity hamlets and towns picked up their Because 80 percent of Afghani- of the Department of Defense. As muskets to rush to the defense of stan depends on agriculture for its chief, he is the senior uniformed their homes and families. livelihood, it’s important that we National Guard officer responsible help stabilize their agribusiness econ- for formulating, developing, and Out of this necessity, the first mili- coordinating all policies, programs, tia was organized in the Massachusetts omy if we’re to tackle all the chal- and plans affecting more than half Bay Colony in 1636. One hundred lenges and ills that hinder Afghani- a million Army and Air National and forty years later, such Citizen Sol- stan. The goal is not to teach Afghans Guard personnel. Appointed by the diers had become a formidable force. how to farm but to expand the skills president, he serves as principal Afghan farmers already have, helping adviser to the secretary of defense At the Battle of Concord in 1775, through the chairman of the Joint outnumbered musket-wielding militia them with the more scientific aspects Chiefs of Staff on National Guard defeated an “invincible” British force, of agriculture. matters. He is also the principal ad- and the enduring reality of the Min- Before those crops and live- viser to the secretary and chief of uteman was begun. stock get to market, they need to be staff of the Army and the secretary The Minuteman image was im- harvested or processed. Texas and and chief of staff of the Air Force on all National Guard issues. As mortalized in the statue that stands Missouri ADTs developed clean National Guard Bureau chief, he today by the North Bridge spanning and sanitary meat-processing facili- serves as the department’s official the Concord River. The Minuteman ties powered by renewable energy channel of communication with the was sculpted in traditional militia sources. Also, mechanical engineers governors and adjutants general. mufti, with one hand on the plow in the Guard were able to teach the Gen McKinley received his com- mission in 1974 as a distinguished and one grasping his musket. The cit- Afghans how to build wind turbines graduate of the ROTC program at izen is ready at a moment’s notice to and help produce power for these Southern Methodist University. He become the Soldier. That ethos con- facilities. In the end, that’s the goal: has served in numerous assign- tinues, ever stronger today, at home to find simple solutions to the chal- ments in flying and operations, and abroad. lenges faced by Afghan farmers. as well as command positions at group, wing, sector, and field oper- Nowhere does today’s 21st cen- The depth provided by the ating agency levels. Gen McKinley tury Minuteman embody the Citizen National Guard is no longer the is a command pilot with more than Soldier promise better than in our once-in-a-lifetime use of a strategic 4,000 hours, primarily in the T-38, Agribusiness Development Teams Reserve as envisioned during the F-106, F-16, and F-15. Additionally, (ADT) in Afghanistan. We send Cold War. The National Guard has he has been pilot in command in the C-131 and C-130 operational Guardsmen, whose skills and liveli- become an operational force that is support airlift aircraft. Prior to his hood are earned in agribusiness in an integral part of the Army and Air current assignment, Gen McKinley the United States, to this war-torn Force. It is populated by seasoned served as director of the Air Na- country to help better its farming veterans with multiple deployments tional Guard. industry. in support of operations in Iraq, Af-

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By Gen Craig R. McKinley, Chief, National Guard Bureau

ghanistan, the Balkans, and many other into American Samoa. Rapid and full cluding reconnaissance and ice salting to locations around the world. emergency response is another service promote melting; supplying and operat- In addition to the thousands of we do well. ing water pumps; breaking ice jams; and National Guard Soldiers and Airmen At the peak of flood-fighting efforts, other missions. currently activated for ongoing federal the North Dakota Guard responded In Kentucky, the entire Kentucky missions, the National Guard provides with more than 2,400 Citizen Soldiers Army National Guard plus Guardsmen significant response to unexpected con- and Airmen aided by Guardsmen from from Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Tennes- tingencies. On average, on any given six other states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, see, and Wisconsin were called to duty, day, 17 U.S. governors call out their South Dakota, Montana, Missouri, and removing debris and running commu- Guard to help citizens in need. This Iowa. The Guard assisted with patrolling nications sites in addition to delivering past year, three significant events were levees; evacuating residents; filling sand- essential supplies. Restoration of elec- the record floods in North Dakota, the bags; transporting and placing; provid- tric power to water plants, communica- devastating ice storms in Kentucky, and, ing traffic control points and presence tions facilities, home generator support, most recently, the tsunami that smashed patrols; providing aviation support, in- operation of shelters in 24 armories, G.A. VOLB/NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO

SFC Aaron Christianson, a medical embedded training team member, reviews and fills prescriptions at Kuchi Village, Afghanistan, during a medical assistance visit. SFC Christianson is with the Illinois Army National Guard’s Headquarters and Headquarters Sus- tainment Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery based in Chicago.

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Right, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crewmembers from the 2-135th Gen- eral Support Aviation Battalion in Lincoln, Neb., fill their “bambi bucket” with water during annual train- ing in June at Camp TSGT. ALEX R. SALMON/ NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO Ashland, Neb.

Below, a C-130 with the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard takes part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and train- ing in Tucson, Ariz., in May.

Program (SPP) establishes enduring and mutually beneficial partnerships among foreign countries and American states through the National Guard. This program is an important component of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) se- curity cooperation strategy, the regional Combatant Commanders’ theater en-

TSGT ALEX KOENIG/CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO gagement programs, and U.S. ambassa- dors’ Mission Strategic Plans. A primary aim is to promote partnership among the many nations working with us to advance security, stability, and prosper- ity around the globe. Today, American states are partnered with 62 foreign nations to focus on military-to-military, military-to-civil- ian, and civil security activities. Created in 1993, SPP has helped the U.S. Eu- ropean, African, Southern, Pacific, and and removing downed trees were a top ings suffered damage; up to 6,000 people Central Commands engage the defense priority. Troops worked with state and lost power; 1,912 people took refuge in and military establishments of countries local crews in clearing roads and gaining 14 shelters; and there were 32 confirmed in every region of the globe. access to damaged power transmission fatalities. Within 24 hours, about 90 Our most precious assets flow from lines. Our Citizen Soldiers and Airmen Hawaii National Guard personnel from our communities. As I write this, nearly delivered more than 285,000 meals and their Civil Support Team, CBRNE En- 60,000 Citizen Soldiers and Airmen are a half million bottles of water every day hanced Response Force Package, com- deployed in overseas operations in Iraq, to communities in need. mand and control element, and a mortu- Afghanistan, the Balkans, the Sinai, and An 8.4 magnitude earthquake struck ary affairs team flew to American Samoa elsewhere. At the same time, 4,606 per- the Samoa Islands region on Sept. 29, to help in the recovery efforts. sonnel are on duty in our daily ongoing which resulted in a destructive tsunami The National Guard is doing the na- domestic operations: state active duty, with 15– to 20–foot waves impacting tion’s business internationally, as well. counterdrug, and air sovereignty alert the east side of American Samoa. Build- The National Guard State Partnership missions.

76 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG Despite all that the nation has asked nation’s community-based force will support, youth programs, reintegration, of them in the overseas warfight as well always answer the call of the president and employer support are among nu- as here at home, we are recruiting and and the governors. Our priorities are merous issues addressed by the Yellow retaining National Guard members in constant: Ribbon Program. impressive numbers. Americans join • Provide for the security and de- The program includes events for Sol- and stay in the National Guard. But, as fense of our homeland at home and diers and their families before, during, successful as we have been to date, we abroad; and after deployment. It particularly need continued support for recruiting targets geographically dispersed Army and retention efforts as well as increased • Support the Global War on National Guard families for support. At end-strength authorizations. Terrorism; a minimum, Soldiers and family mem- The National Guard must have • Respond to America’s need for a bers who attend events leave briefed modern equipment if we are to remain reliable and ready National Guard on their benefits and connected with successful as defenders of the homeland that is transformed and ready for family readiness groups and family as- at home and abroad. Army National the 21st century. sistance centers. Some 342 National Guard units deployed overseas have the The National Guard has maintained Guard family assistance centers across most up-to-date equipment available a high operational tempo for more than the United States help servicemembers and are second to none. However, a eight years in support of the opera- from all components and have handled significant amount of equipment is cur- tions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Through more than 1 million cases. rently unavailable to the Army National the admirable service of thousands of Finally, it is extremely important to Guard due to continuing rotational Guardsmen, we have provided essential recognize the support of the employers deployments and emerging moderniza- combat, logistics, and other support ca- of our Citizen Soldiers and Airmen. All tion requirements. Many states have pabilities to these operations. We must too often, it is easily forgotten that these expressed concern about the resulting make certain we are doing everything men and women who volunteer to put shortfalls of equipment for training as we can to provide our Guardsmen the on the military uniform and serve their well as for domestic emergency response support they need during and after de- country also have full-time jobs. The operations. ployment. This includes making sure support of their employers is critical to The Army is programming $20.9 bil- we take care of the family members left the success of the National Guard as a lion for Army National Guard equip- behind. whole. ment for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 through For those who have deployed, reinte- As I walk the corridors of the Pen- FY 13 to procure new equipment and grating after deployment can be particu- tagon, my mind filled with concerns modernize equipment currently on hand. larly difficult, especially for Guardsmen about how to meet the challenges of We appreciate that support and also the who lack the full-time support net- today and tomorrow, I am surrounded strong interest of Congress and DoD in works provided at Active Duty instal- by the portraits of great warriors of closing the gap between our domestic re- lations. Reintegration programs such the past and illustrations of heroic quirements and the available equipment as Yellow Ribbon are important in wel- deeds that are our military history. As in our armories and motor pools. coming home and helping our Guards- the 26th chief of the National Guard The Air Force is in the midst of men transition back to civilian life. Bureau, I am proud, yet humbled, as I modernizing and recapitalizing its The Yellow Ribbon Program is a co- stand on the shoulders of all those who major weapons platforms, and the Air operative network of military services, came before me. Again and again, my National Guard must be concurrently veteran service organizations, state gov- thoughts turn to the Citizen Soldiers and proportionally recapitalized, par- ernment departments, and other agen- and Airmen who, today, are in harm’s ticularly to avoid the near- to mid-term cies that provide information, resources, way. age-out of the majority of its fighter referral, and outreach to Soldiers, I see the many thousands of deploy- force. Our primary concern is that 80 spouses, and children throughout all ing new Minutemen and women as percent of our F-16s, the backbone of mobilization phases. they leave behind their families, and our Air Sovereignty Alert force, will Yellow Ribbon helps make Citizen the anguish and heartbreak of this leav- begin reaching the end of their service Soldiers and their families self-reliant ing is overwhelming. Consistently, I life in less than eight years. To that end, and resilient through the entire deploy- look back to the Citizen Soldiers and we support the Air Force’s recapitaliza- ment cycle. Noncommissioned officer Airmen who preceded me for encour- tion plan, but request that all roadmaps involvement is the key to success. No- agement. And, the simple, powerful, be inclusive of the Air National Guard body knows our Guard members and enduring truth comes over me: We do as a hedge against this age-out. their families better than the noncom- what we must do. The National Guard now has be- missioned officers. Suicide prevention, The National Guard will remain: come America’s indispensable force. The medical benefits, counseling, school “Always ready, always there.” n

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n 2009, the Army National recognized the importance of the Guard mobilized and deployed transformation effort and has es- more than 43,000 Soldiers. They tablished the modular coordination wereI sent to 62 countries as part of cell (MCC). In concert with the the State Partnership Program, while Army National Guard MCC, state- an additional 5,600 Citizen Soldiers level MCCs assist with state- and were mobilized for domestic opera- unit-level transformation efforts. tions. The Army National Guard The Army National Guard director- continues to demonstrate vital expe- ate and state MCCs work jointly MG Raymond Carpenter rience and accessibility. to provide detailed information on The Army National Guard made the status of the transforming units. MG Carpenter assumed duties as notable progress this year with ini- This unit-specific information pro- acting director, U.S. Army Nation- tiatives such as the Afghanistan vides the Army National Guard and al Guard, National Guard Bureau, Agribusiness Program, the Domes- Headquarters Department of the Washington, D.C., in May. As the tic All-Hazards Response Team, the Army leadership with information chief of staff and the assistant ad- on the status of an individual unit jutant general for the South Dakota Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, as it transforms into a new, modular Army National Guard from 2000 to the Battle Command Training Capa- 2006, he was engaged at the senior- bility Program, the eXportable Com- design. Additionally, the MCC pro- leader level in the largest mobiliza- bat Training Capability, the Patriot vides information for Army National tion of the South Dakota National Academy, the General Equivalency Guard leadership to make critical, Guard since World War II. From 2004 Diploma Plus program, the Yellow informed decisions essential to the to 2006, MG Carpenter also served Ribbon Reintegration Program, and success of deploying units. as the deputy commanding general the Community-based Warrior Tran- The end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 for the Maneuver Support Center, sition Program. The Army National marked the end of five years of sig- Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. MG Car- Guard remains focused on being nificant transformation in the Army penter has commanded at all levels. the most experienced and accessible National Guard’s force structure as In 1993, he became executive offi- Reserve force of choice for the states it completed the most comprehen- cer of the more than 5,000-Soldier and the nation. sive organizational change in history Task Force Rushmore, a humani- during a time of historically high tarian mission in Panama. In 1999, Modularity and Experience operational tempo. In FY 09, the MG Carpenter was awarded the Sil- The Army National Guard has Army National Guard mobilized ver de Fleury Medal for his work at made significant progress moderniz- 43,225 Soldiers in support of combat the national level in support of the Corps of Engineers. MG Carpenter ing and converting to an operational operations (Iraq, Afghanistan, and began his military service when he force. The Guard has continued to Kuwait) and mobilized an additional enlisted in the South Dakota Army adapt to fulfill all levels of its state 5,668 for domestic operations. On National Guard in 1967. He later and federal missions. The Army Na- July 2, mobilizations hit a peak of joined the U.S. Navy, through which tional Guard brigade combat teams 65,696 Soldiers in support of combat he attended the Defense Language (BCTs) are structured identically to operations, overlapping with Sol- Institute to learn Vietnamese and those in the Active Army and can be diers deployed in FY 08. The Army served at the Naval Support Activi- combined with other BCTs or ele- National Guard remains prepared ty in Da Nang, South Vietnam. Upon ments of the joint force to facilitate to mobilize Soldiers in support of completion of his Navy service, he integration, interoperability, compat- domestic operations at the request returned to the South Dakota Army ibility, experience, and accessibility of state governors and adjutants National Guard and was commis- across all components. general and when federalized by the sioned in 1974. Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Army president. National Guard leadership has The Guard has transformed more

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By MG Raymond Carpenter, Acting Director, Army National Guard

than 2,800 operating force units to team between the classroom down range strated the depth, speed, and efficiency modular designs. An operating force and the training “home on the range.” of National Guard accessibility. represents those units specifically orga- The Citizen Soldier of today is a From 2006 to 2008, the National nized to engage in combat, provide sup- member of a unit that probably has de- Guard provided an additional 6,000 Sol- port, or provide service support. This ployed since 9/11 and will likely deploy diers and Airmen for Operation Jump transformation to an experienced and again within five years or less. Start in support of the Customs and Bor- more accessible force involves every Sol- Statutory authority permits the U.S. der Protection agency on the Southwest dier in the Army National Guard. executive branch access to the Reserve border. Throughout this entire time, the Components for overseas contingency National Guard also has been able to Quality and Accessibility operations and long-term military en- fully respond to additional domestic re- The primary focus of the Army gagement. Any limitations that presently sponse requirements such as hurricanes, National Guard is to provide trained exist are internal department-level policy wildfires, and other natural or manmade and ready units for state and federal decisions, which are fully changeable or disasters, as well as to national special missions. The Guard recruits quality even reversible. Readiness is not an issue security events such as the Republican Soldiers, retains qualified Soldiers, and of accessibility or force mix. Readiness is and Democratic conventions and the manages attrition to minimize tur- a matter and measure of balance, train- presidential inauguration. As dramatic bulence in the ranks. Our aim is for ing, and life-cycle management. and successful as the Katrina response each state and territory to achieve 100 Since 9/11 through the end of FY was, the National Guard has learned that percent of its authorized end-strength 09, typical mobilization rates have var- pulling forces with the needed skills, and to increase the number of trained ied from about 27,000 to more than based on requests from local authorities, Soldiers within the ranks. At the end of 100,000 Soldiers per year out of an au- is more efficient and more effective than FY 09, there were 24 states at or above thorized force of 358,200 Soldiers. The pushing huge numbers of troops based 100 percent manning, and 30 states majority of the force is preparing to de- on a top-down, pre-made plan. and territories were at 97.8 percent or ploy, is deployed, or is in a post-deploy- better. We met the FY 09 end-strength ment recovery cycle. The Army National Responses “Are Us” goal and finished the year with 358,200 Guard has provided more than 323,800 The Army National Guard’s Do- Soldiers. Our Soldiers have “voted with Soldiers as tailored, rotational forces mestic All-Hazards Response Team their feet” to serve their states and the supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom (DART) establishes scalable capability- nation while we remain engaged in two and Operation Enduring Freedom. The based force packages that are coordi- simultaneous conflicts. Army National Guard also has provided nated by the chief of the National Guard Resolutions and discussions over more than 12,500 Soldiers as tailored, Bureau and mobilize with the consent of the years have frequently turned to ac- rotational forces supporting the Horn of the adjutants general, while mobilizing cessibility questions when it comes Africa, Guantanamo Bay, and Multi-Na- and deploying to a disaster-affected area to our Citizen Soldiers. Some of the tional Force Observers in Sinai. in order to meet identified capability greatest natural civilian-military sym- During the summer of 2005, the do- gaps. DARTs consist of a division head- metry comes from fields such as law mestic surge capability of the National quarters with three responding force enforcement, teaching, mechanical and Guard was effectively demonstrated packages. Each force package is aligned electrical work, refrigeration and air when the National Guard deployed with the essential 10 capabilities of com- conditioning, plumbing, construction, more than 50,000 personnel in fewer mand and control, communications, maintenance, medical, legal, chaplaincy, than 11 days to support the states im- aviation, force protection (including and many other skills that convert read- pacted by Hurricane Katrina. This mis- civil support teams), engineering, logis- ily from the civilian sector to the mili- sion was accomplished during a period tics, maintenance, medical, security, and tary arena and back to the civilian sector. when the National Guard had more transportation. The DART process adds As the demographics of our Soldiers than 90,000 personnel deployed over- organization, efficiency, and structure to shift toward single, college-aged men seas. This was done without a call into the alert-mobilize-deploy process with a and women, many of our Soldiers tag- active federal service; it clearly demon- “pull” rather than “push” response.

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DARTs conduct contingency plan- ning, coordinates with participating states on existing emergency manage- ment assistance compacts and time- phased force and deployment data, and provides additional command and control in support of a Joint Force Headquarters. The DART provides additional defense support of civil au- thorities’ capabilities to support state and local authorities in response to a catastrophic event. The DART con- ducts joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration of inbound forces and establishes base support in- stallations and forward operating bases for sustaining operations. SGT DOUG ROLES/DOD PHOTO Army Forces Generation With a planning goal of one year mo- bilized to five years of dwell time (1:5) for Reserve Component forces in AR- FORGEN, the Army National Guard SPC Adam Feldon talks with an Iraqi boy as a patrol of Pennsylvania Army National can indefinitely provide an annual, Guard Soldiers and Iraqi police officers moves through Taji market, north of Baghdad. The Keystone Guardsmen are from Company C, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regi- tailored force of 55,000 Soldiers while ment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. still supporting domestic requirements. Currently, the BCTs’ rotation cycle is the decline: changing requirements, Afghan universities, provincial minis- averaging 1:3.3, demonstrating the resil- equipment damaged during operations, tries, and local farmers, with the goal iency of the modern Citizen Soldier— and equipment left in-theater for other of providing increased stability and im- but this rate of deployment should not units. Even at 2001 equipping levels, proved opportunities for Afghanistan’s be sustained indefinitely. much of the Guard equipment was not re-emerging agribusiness sector. Specific Sometimes citizens forget that the interoperable (or modernized) with Ac- skills include agronomy (soil and seed nation has ample statutory authority tive Army equipment. science), irrigation, horticulture (plant for accessing (mobilizing) the National Congress has been responsive to cultivation), pest control, veterinary Guard, as repeatedly demonstrated Army National Guard equipping re- techniques, civil engineering, and en- since the end of the Cold War. The au- quirements since 9/11. The Army Na- ergy management. thority derived from 10 USC 12301 is tional Guard, via the National Guard The Army National Guard has em- for full mobilization for the duration of and Reserve Equipment Authorization, ployed capacity building and develop- a war or declared national emergency received $767.6 million in FY 06; $1.1 ment concepts successfully in Central and from 10 USC 12302 for partial billion in FY 07; $1.3 billion in FY 08; America in different forms for approxi- mobilization for service up to 24 con- and $780.0 in FY 09. This funding has mately 20 years. ADTs are currently secutive months. The National Guard’s been used for critical dual-use items to deployed to Regional Command East, all-volunteer force is not only acces- support the essential 10 capabilities, Regional Command Central, and Re- sible, it is central to the readiness of the itemized above. nation and America’s ability to defend gional Command South in Afghani- itself at home and abroad. Deploying Agricultural Skills stan. The ADTs are achieving localized The Army National Guard agribusi- success including the introduction of Domestic Mission Equipping ness development team (ADT) is a self- a large-scale grape-trellising project, The Army National Guard equip- contained volunteer unit composed of animal veterinary clinic construction, ping levels for domestic missions had 58 Army National Guard Soldiers with watershed and canal revitalization, and fallen from a pre–9/11 high of 70 per- backgrounds and expertise in various education programs to ensure that next- cent in 2001 to as low as 40 percent in sectors of the agribusiness field. Each generation Afghan farmers have the 2006. Several factors contributed to team provides training and advice to requisite skills for continued success.

80 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG Aviation Families and Employers contaminant has long-term impacts to Army National Guard aviation con- An outstanding and unique pro- the servicemember, data will be used tinues its activities at a high opera- gram in the Army National Guard is the for line-of-duty benefits. This program tional tempo abroad in combat and operation of Family Assistance Centers can be expanded to the Active Army contingency operations, as well as in (FAC). These centers exist to provide and the Army Reserve, as well as to the the homeland in response to natural information, referrals, and outreach for other services. disasters and other military operations geographically dispersed Active and Re- The Army National Guard is actively in support of civil authorities. With a serve Component servicemembers and participating in the Army’s Suicide Pre- high level of operations, Army Guard families from all services. vention Stand Down, with extensive aviation units average three-plus years of These centers conduct Strong Bonds individual training with senior leader dwell, as opposed to the ARFORGEN and Yellow Ribbon Reintegration emphasis and involvement. We have goal of five years of dwell. Some units, events and provide support throughout completed State Program Manager’s such as attack helicopter and aerial all phases of mobilization and reinte­ training at our Readiness Center in Ar- MedEvac, hover around three years of gration. These centers are strategi- lington, but the ultimate goal of suicide dwell time at home station. cally placed in armory locations where prevention is to have zero suicides, since Continuing support to combat op- the highest numbers of Soldiers are every life lost is a tragic shock to a Sol- erations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well deployed in the state or territory. The dier’s family and to our National Guard as contingency operations in centers are open to all retirees and to all family. and other locations, uses the equiva- families of servicemembers who seek Overseas Contingency Operations lent of one and one-half Army National assistance no matter where their ser- have significantly increased the deploy- Guard aviation brigades at any one time. vicemember is from or deployed. FACs ments within the Army National Guard This places significant stress on both provide assistance for approximately 2 and have placed additional strain on our the units and on the individual Soldiers million inquiries from families per year. Soldiers and their families. The Army who must balance family and civilian The top three requests for assistance National Guard provides a continuum jobs against this demanding schedule. have been for community resources, Tri- of care, with specific emphasis on the In the homeland, Army National care, and financial assistance. deployment-cycle support process. The Guard aviation routinely responds to The Army National Guard remains Army National Guard Yellow Ribbon local, regional, and national disasters committed to supporting the families Reintegration program provides infor- whenever and wherever they occur and of deployed Soldiers throughout the de- mation, services, referral, and proactive currently keeps one aviation brigade ployment cycle. outreach opportunities for Soldiers, fam- team dedicated to the chemical, biologi- Another key program is the Warrior ilies, employers, and youth throughout cal, radiological, nuclear, and explosive in Transition program, which seeks to the entire deployment cycle: pre-alert, incidents consequence management heal Soldiers as they transition back to alert/pre-deployment, deployment, post- missions. duty or return to being productive citi- deployment, and reconstitution (rein- Modernization of the Army Na- zens in society. The Warrior Transition tegration). The program is designed for tional Guard rotary-wing fleet con- Units at medical facilities and commu- servicemembers from the entire Reserve tinues, and for the first time the Army nity-based warrior transition units pro- force regardless of branch of service. This National Guard is now at full-fill level vide the venues for wounded warriors to fairly new program has supported more of its 786 authorized UH-60 Black- heal by providing leadership, non-clin- than 50,000 Soldiers and more than hawk utility helicopters. This allows the ical support, and transition assistance. 120,000 family members. focus to shift toward retirement of the At the end of FY 09, the Army National In addition to the well-recognized ac- older UH-60A models and toward a Guard has more than 2,400 Warriors in complishments of Army National Guard Blackhawk fleet comprised only of UH- Transition. units and individuals in Afghanistan 60L and UH-60M helicopters. Cargo The new Personnel Blast Tracker and Iraq, Army National Guard units helicopters continue to be an area of is a submodule of the line-of-duty ap- perform remarkable feats protecting concern, with the Army National Guard plication within the Medical Opera- and preserving the homeland. National maintaining approximately the same 80 tional Data System. This blast tracker Guard Soldiers save lives, preserve peace percent fill level (131 of 161) that has is a recording system for all service- and civil order, and support all-hazard existed since the mid-1990s. However, members involved in blast incidents recovery efforts. The Army National the Army National Guard projects a full and other significant events of interest, Guard remains firmly rooted in our na- fill by the end of FY 13 and an upgrade such as contamination incursions, even tion’s Constitution and heritage as the to a pure fleet of all CH-47F aircraft by in the absence of immediate physical state-led and community-based Reserve the end of FY 18. symptoms. If the exposure to a blast or Component of choice. n

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ince February, I’ve had the The Air Guard Nature honor of serving as the di- This year we began the formal rector of the Air National process of validating the domestic SGuard (ANG) and the privilege of operations requirements. Informed witnessing our remarkable Airmen by the adjutants general (TAGs) perform missions across the military of the 54 states, territories, and spectrum. Much has happened since the District of Columbia, we last year when, as director of the Air held a Domestic Operations National Guard, Gen Craig McKin- Essential Requirements (DOERs) Lt Gen Harry M. Wyatt III ley had the chance to address you. I’d conference and opened the dialogue like to mention changes in the mili- on organizing, training, and Lt Gen Wyatt is the director, Air tary environment and highlight some equipping for the missions of our National Guard, Arlington, Va. He of the great work Air Guardsmen governors and TAGs. I expect the is responsible for formulating, developing, and coordinating all have done. Throughout, I’ll take the DOERs conference will become policies, plans, and programs af- opportunity to tell you where I see an annual event and contribute to fecting more than 106,700 Guard the Air Guard in the future. the formation of an Interagency members in more than 88 flying The Air National Guard offers Requirements Oversight Council, wings and 200 geographically sep- more than technical expertise in the the necessary follow-on to the Joint arated units throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, employment of a particular platform. Requirements Oversight Council Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Since formal establishment in 1947, of the Department of Defense Islands. Before assuming his du- we have served as an invaluable re- (DoD). This is an invaluable ties as director, Air National Guard, source to our nation and our states. opportunity for the governors and Lt Gen Wyatt served as the adju- Our members swear to uphold the TAGs to externally validate their tant general of Oklahoma, respon- Constitution of the United States as requirements. sible for commanding units of the Air and Army National Guard. well as the constitution of the state Late last year, the secretary of Lt Gen Wyatt entered the U.S. Air or territory in which their units re- defense formally recognized the Re- Force on June 24, 1971, and was side. Our nation and our states rely serve Components as operational commissioned as a second lieu- upon the Air Guard, a dual-use force forces rather than sticking to the out- tenant Nov. 24, 1971. He entered with undivided focus, to provide dated strategic reserve notion. This undergraduate pilot training at strength and support for the United does not change the nature of the Laredo AFB, Texas, and graduated on Jan. 26, 1973. He is a command States. vital role we’ve played since before pilot with more than 3,000 hours in No platform or weapons system can the 1991 Gulf War. However, it does the A-7, C-26, F-16, F-100, F-106, adequately capture the diversity of ser- provide a tangible reference for the T-33, T-37, and T-38 aircraft. vice offered by the Air National Guard. character of future missions in which I focus on the flexible nature of the Air the Air Guard will engage. Guard. Even with such a broad focus, Our nation is facing a rapidly I’ll fall short of adequately describing changing operating environment. border patrol, counterdrug initiatives, Wars in the Middle East have has- wildfire fighting, ice-storm relief, and tened the development of our fight- hurricane and flood response, while ing force and doctrine. For the U.S. still performing Air Sovereignty Alert Air Force, the primary goals have and our Aerospace Expeditionary been rebalancing the force to increase Force (AEF) commitments. These and competencies in irregular warfare many other missions demand a force and reinvigorate its nuclear enter- committed to both the homeland and prise. The Guard is integral to both of overseas responsibilities. these. For example, Air Guardsmen

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Lt Gen Harry M. Wyatt III, Director, Air National Guard

at Key Field in Meridian, Miss.—as part men. The Air National Guard—as the ment function. of Project Liberty, a secretary of defense DoD’s most cost-effective franchise—is The future Air National Guard will priority to increase manned intelligence, the perfect choice. Units like the Cali- have an even broader spectrum of ca- surveillance, and reconnaissance—are fornia ANG’s 129th Logistic Readiness pabilities than what we currently pos- the sole providers of MC-12 expertise Squadron illustrate adaptable Airmen sess. We will not look like we do today. and training. On the nuclear side, the ready to accept new challenges. This Just a year ago, we only fielded manned North Dakota ANG now deploys its se- unit formed an aerial port flight with aircraft. Since February, the California curity forces troops to the missile fields specialized Airmen trained to manage ANG’s 163rd Reconnaissance Wing alongside the Active Component secu- in-transit passenger and cargo move- scored a trifecta of firsts: it was the first rity forces. ments for both state-directed missions unit to operationally control a remotely Coloring every decision of our lead- and Aerospace Expeditionary Force piloted aircraft in support of Operation ers are the fiscal realities of reduced deployments. This improves the past Iraqi Freedom; the first unit to accom- budgets. Amid this tighten-your-belt system that appropriated personnel plish a remotely piloted domestic flight; environment, the entire DoD must re- from diverse career fields to help process and the first to open an ANG Formal capitalize its materiel and adapt its Air- equipment through the cargo deploy- Training Unit to instruct Airmen to fly MS g t J a ck Br ad e n /U.S. A i r Force P h oto

Members of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing unload their gear at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. State officials activated the National Guard to help with recovery efforts after massive flooding caused evacuations from towns along major rivers.

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 120th Fighter Squadron of the Colorado ANG moves into position to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Arizona ANG’s 161st Air Refueling Wing over the Southwestern United States. The F-16 was en route to Barksdale AFB, La., to take part in Green Flag East, a pre-deployment exercise for Air Combat Command flying units that perform close-air support and precision-guided munitions delivery. and operate the aircraft. Now it pro- Meeting the Nation’s Needs this change will reflect the Air Guard’s vides two of the eight (soon to be nine) status as the most cost-effective por- operational remotely piloted aircraft Concurrent and Proportional Recapitalizing tion of the Total Force. In this way, flown by the Air National Guard in five Concurrent and proportional recapi- the Air National Guard will remain a states. talization of the Air National Guard is great value by providing seamless force I expect that while dominance in the logical follow-on after recognizing integration with interoperable systems. all aspects of air operations will remain our shift from a strategic reserve to an These concepts easily translate to all as- integral to Air Guard service, contribu- operational force. This concept requires pects of military life, including develop- tions across all U.S. Air Force core func- that new systems come off the assembly mental education (formerly professional tions will increase. Rapidly embracing line and go directly to both the Active military education) and command and emerging U.S. warfighting capabilities Component and Reserve Components staff billets. Air Guard members will enhances the Guard’s ability to deter ag- in proportions reflecting the current have increased opportunity for both, gression at home while contributing to use of the system. The nature of the Air enabling Guardsmen to offer expertise the United States’ capability of defeat- Guard as an operational force requires on par with the Active Component. ing enemies abroad. I anticipate that fu- that the Air Force can neither wholly The Air National Guard and Acquisitions ture activities of the Air National Guard own missions to the exclusion of Guard Concurrent and proportional recapi- at home will see increased cooperation nor allow a specific system to reside in talization of Guard aircraft ensures that among the states to a level of seamless the Air Guard alone. In line with this we are on the front end of new capabili- integration. Leadership in different concept, during December, the Maine ties. Because we will assume a role im- states will consider and rely upon the ANG retired the last KC-135E in the mediately upon delivery, it follows that strengths of Air National Guard units Total Force inventory. we will have access and offer input to the within the region rather than simply the I expect to see a change in the Air acquisition process. We will demonstrate locally based forces. Force’s current recapitalization plan; full partnership with the Active Com-

84 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG ponent from concept to delivery. This Squadron moved to Luke AFB, Ariz., Air Sovereignty Alert is but a small part allows us formally to evaluate proposed from a nearby, yet geographically sepa- of the homeland mission: systems for their compatibility with the rated, Guard facility. This ANG squad- • Ten states participated in the Joint Air Guard and the dual nature of the ron serves a schoolhouse producing 80 Task Force formed to support the force. Acquisitions are an art in which graduates a year who undergo the initial Presidential Inauguration. the Air National Guard will not engage. qualification course to become weapons However, the current environment de- directors. The school now capitalizes • Kentucky, Arizona, and Missouri mands that we be part of the require- on the efficiencies gained through co- Guardsmen battled the aftermath ments-building and validating process. location with the site of the advanced of the February ice storms that weapons director course. Similarly, the witnessed the largest call-up in The Air Guard: The Cost-Effective Force Kentucky’s history. Being fiscally lean means invest- Academy of Military Science, an Air ing in the cost-effective force. The Air Guard commissioning source, moved • During March and April, North National Guard maintains 30 percent from McGehee-Tyson ANGB, Tenn., Dakota, South Dakota, and Min- of the total Air Force fleet at only 6 per- to Maxwell AFB, Ala., to be co-located nesota Guardsmen sandbagged cent of the total budget. Numbers like with the U.S. Air Force Officer Training and rescued in response to re- this will drive force reallocation to the School. The first class began in October. peated Midwest floods. Air Guard, which will adopt new mis- • The Hawaii ANG sent person- sions to integrate further with the U.S. 2009 in Review nel and equipment to American Air Force. Space, cyberspace, and intel- This year has seen the Air National Samoa for tsunami relief. Guard increasingly and visibly engaged ligence support are increasing needs in The Air National Guard saw many abroad and at home. Air Guard units ex- the Air Force. Finally, the Guard will be other significant achievements in 2009: a plank holder for those emerging capa- ecute deployed missions as full partners bilities that fit the Citizen Airman con- in the AEF. Those units include air- • The Tennessee ANG graduated its struct. Demonstrating the Air Guard’s craft, such as fighters, tankers, remotely first class of Polish pilots from the efficiency is the Consolidated Install piloted aircraft, both general purpose 118th Airlift Wing’s C-130 Flying Program, an initiative by Idaho’s 124th and VIP airlift, as well as civil engineer- Training Unit. This unit stood up Wing. The 124th Wing’s maintainers ing squadrons, security forces squadrons, the mission just eight months after have developed an assembly line mainte- and communications squadrons. announcing its inception, a feat nance concept for the A-10 that is pro- The Tennessee ANG’s deployment to that normally takes two years. jected to save thousands of man hours train its Nigerian counterparts on C-130 • The New York ANG stood up an and millions of dollars over the next year repair illustrates the nature of our full- MQ-9 Reaper Maintenance Field by installing up to 12 modifications at spectrum representation. This success- Training Detachment to train one time via time-compliance technical ful mission enabled the Nigerians to get all MQ-9 maintainers for all Air orders with no loss in aircraft availability. their C-130s in condition to fly to pro- Force components. grammed maintenance in Europe. Mean- The Air Guard’s associate missions • The State Partnership Program saw while, Texas ANG engineers deployed to with the Active Duty and Air Force success as two of our partners, Cro- Armenia to upgrade one of that nation’s Reserve must continue beyond the new atia (Minnesota) and Albania (New missions formed after Base Realignment Expeditionary Medical System facilities, Jersey), gained entry into NATO. and Closure in 2005. The fiscal environ- enabling more citizens to receive basic ment in which we live, combined with health care. Delaware Air Guardsmen • The Air Force named MSgt Ty- increased capabilities of our weapons sys- conducted a military police workshop in rone Bingham of the Nebraska tems, will drive a reduction of some iron Malawi, greatly increasing that nation’s ANG as one of 12 outstanding even while we gain new missions like ability to protect its assets. Among tradi- Airmen of the year. the C-27J. This year witnessed move- tional missions, the Tuskegee Squadron Today’s Air National Guard offers a ment in that direction. Three of the Air from the Alabama ANG completed an- great value to both the nation and the Guard’s newest associate wings officially other deployment to Iraq. states. We have taken significant strides stood up Oct. 1: the 126th Air Refuel- At home, Air Sovereignty Alert during the past year to formalize our ing Wing (ARW) at Scott AFB, Ill.: the remains one of our core offerings to state missions while we transition to 157ARW at Pease ANGB, N.H.; and homeland defense. The Air National new missions and capabilities in sup- the 117ARW at Birmingham ANGB, Guard maintains 16 of 18 Air Sover- port of national requirements. I expect Ala. These units conduct aerial refueling eignty Alert sites, 24 hours a day, 365 that next year’s accomplishments will missions utilizing KC-135 Stratotankers. days a year, tracking potentially hostile build upon these successes and deliver In another fiscally responsible move targets and other targets of interest, in- an even greater dividend to the nation in February, the 107th Air Control cluding civilian aircraft in distress. Yet, and our states. n

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 85 ROA National Security Report 86 that at any might a time become confrontation with the Union Soviet United States was in an ideological By 1948,however, itwas obvious the tion was the most important concern. armed force. After the war, demobiliza and won the war one tremendous as current ofthe period Total Force. the after period World War IIinto the structure ofthe Army forces Reserve from inbeing.”“force Here wedescribe the while retaining amore strategic reserve, extended andrepetitive ofservice periods into anoperational out carrying reserve, sions forces’ on Reserve reorientation historical context to the current discus- forces.Reserve It ispresented to provide tracingseries the evolution ofthe Army D By LCDRClarenceLeeWalker, USN(Ret.),andCOL RandyPullen,USAR(Ret.) For theU.S. Army—Part 3 Evolution ofForcesinReserve e h t This is the final article ofa three-part not necessarily those ofROA.not necessarily those of the authors and solely expressed are inthis report views issues. The security national of scholarship and discussion isintendedand to advance Association Officers the Reserve the Defense Forum Education of of isapublication This report O r e c i f f nents cometogether had all Regular and Reserve Compo and Reserve Regular uring World War the II, /DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 - - needs ofour nationalneeds defense.” the continuingnot meet and future Establishmentsize ofthe Regular will to only expand the designed …[A bill] Establishment. trained Regular highly to up back well-trained asmall, Reserve and ofdeveloping alarge the need mony before the committee stressed “…testi for the Armyneed Reserve: - Act, itconsidered the Service Selective and Inactive Training. Duty retirement, member sourcing, forces: three important ofthe Reserve aspects oflegislation thatmajor pieces affected house in order,the military passing shooting war. Congress to put acted of 1948 tion and Retirement Equalization Act years in the Reserve. years ofactiveof two and duty three afive-year consistingobligation fulfill inducted manpower to was expected Components.the Most Reserve ofthe that drove the sizeand membership of the draft—became called, the engine scription—or, itismore as commonly until 1973.Con Service Selective a series ofsubsequent acts continued Component. act inand This aReserve for 21months by five followed years itshad, core as provision, active service so doing, opened the possibility for ca the opened possibility so doing, for the firstto Reservists time in and, As Congress addressed renewing the The Selective Service Act of1948 Service Selective The The Army and Air Vitaliza Force 3 provided retirement benefits 1 - - 2

- Korea, Vietnam, Reform the attractiveness career. ofaReserve retirementnew to increase possibility War nicely with I.Theactmelded the enjoyingbeen since shortly after World Guard forces had and other Reserve payment thatReserve, the National Compensation)Duty for the Army Inactivefor drill pay (technically called as units.as At first, Soldiers individual was ready for rapid deploymentReserve of 1948,neither the Guard nor the War commitments. Despite the changes of combat in Korea and other Cold augmentation both the to meet needs June 1950,the small Army required active Training Duty Pay Act experience. often long removed from the drilling and Guardsmen,Reservists but were commands who spoke for the drilling in WashingtonReservists and at major Component bureaucracy, full-time provisions that to grow a Reserve began career, ofaReserve werethe possibility in the various acts, and enhanced by points without alone any pay. Included to train and Reservists workmitted for and inactive duty.systemper The also point system to tied periodsofactive to this day, retirement on a was based was created, and isvirtually unchanged Inreers in the Reserve. the system that When the Korean War started in The Organized Reserve Corps—InReserve The Organized WWW.ROA.ORG 4 provided - - were taken from the non-drilling The Selected Reserve had far-reaching effects for the future Reserve and from Guard divisions In 1961, in response to renewed So- nature and composition of the nation’s to fill out Regular Army units and as viet pressure on Berlin, President John military establishment. replacements for casualties. Four Guard F. Kennedy called up about 115,000 divisions were called up in September Reservists. There were enough prob- The Total Force Era 1950. Two entered combat in Decem- lems with the call-up to lead Secretary Two major events occurred in the ber 1951 and January 1952; the other of Defense Robert S. McNamara to early 1970s that greatly affected the two went to Europe in November 1952 conclude that the Reserve was “seem- Reserve forces: the draft, which directly as replacements for Regular Army divi- ingly not as available an instrument for and indirectly had been a major source

sions. Repeating what had happened in emergencies as he had hoped. For crises of Reserve Component membership, ROA N World Wars I and II, more than a year of a scale that did not require a major was eliminated, and in a subsequent re- elapsed between unit activation and mobilization, an alternative would have lated action, the Army Reserve, but not deployment to combat. The problems to be found.”6 the National Guard, was returned to its associated with bringing more than Congress had formed a large Ready earliest role as a complementary force.

400,000 Reservists onto active duty as Reserve and levied training require- Richard Nixon became president a individuals and units made Congress ments. However, it provided only in 1969 and, largely because of the ti ona l Secu r ity Rep or once again look at the laws supporting enough money to support a drill Vietnam War experience, sought the Reserve. strength of about one-third of the ways to end the draft. A commission Like the Militia Act of 1792, the Reserve force. The Army and Navy had headed by former Secretary of De- several Selective Service Acts built a designated certain units as a Selected fense Thomas Gates reported that an supplementary Reserve force far in Reserve within the Ready Reserve. all-volunteer military could support excess of any need, even for the Cold Congress in 1967, again writing legisla- the modestly sized Army backed by the War, and far in excess of any force that tion after the fact, directed all Reserve National Guard and Army Reserve as Congress meant to pay to maintain. Components to form a Selected supplementary forces that would meet The result was that most released Reserve. This new Reserve subcategory the present and foreseeable needs for draftees just disappeared into the gen- would have priority among the Reserve national defense.7 eral population. In the Armed Forces elements for personnel, training, and After extended debate, Congress Reserve Act of 1952,5 Congress and the equipment. The Selected Reserve was permitted conscription to expire in Army began a process that continues to to consist partly of units and partly of 1973. The nation would henceforth rely this day: identifying which members of individuals named by the service sec- on the Reserve Components instead of the numerous Reserve categories were retaries. Training for Selected Reserve draftees as the primary support to much to be paid and trained. The initial cut members remained at 48 drills and 15 smaller Active Component forces. was to form a Ready Reserve, a Standby days of active duty for training. This was Then Secretary of Defense Melvin Reserve, and a Retired Reserve. The the third winnowing of the supplemen- Laird, in preparing for the transforma- Ready Reserve was liable for active duty tary forces created by Congress looking tion to an Army without conscription, either in time of war or time of national for the group the Army would train and recognized that Reserve forces, when emergency called by either the presi- expect to have ready for combat. not activated, were much less expensive dent or the Congress. The Standby Re- The National Guard and Reserve to maintain than Regular forces.8 He t serve was liable for active duty in time were not called quickly for the Viet- also found that many Army combat of war or for congressionally declared nam War (1965–1973) as they had support (CS) and combat service emergencies but severe limitations were been for World War II and the Korean support (CSS) specialties had civilian placed on its use in emergencies. Re- War. The build-up for Vietnam was counterparts and, as such, could more tired Reserves could only be called in incremental and, for political reasons, readily be maintained at a high level of time of war or congressionally declared Reserve mobilizations were limited. readiness in the Reserve than combat emergencies. Even so, the problems of unit readiness roles. Accordingly, he began the process The Ready Reserve was the point of that had plagued all previous call-ups of reducing combat arms and building interest; the other groups were lists of were present when a number of smaller CS and CSS units within the Army Re- names that could be called for various Reserve units deployed to Vietnam. serve, while at the same time reducing levels of emergency but which were Using draftees to expand the Army the number of Regular Army units with never called and scarcely tracked. The rather than using the men who had CS and CSS responsibilities. The result National Guard was placed entirely in put themselves at their country’s call was a return of the Army Reserve to a the Ready Reserve. as members of the Guard and Reserve complementary role, as well as establish-

WWW.ROA.ORG t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 87 ing a low threshold of conflict when clauses.10 This decision laid to rest any ship between the active Army and the selected Army Reserve units would lingering thoughts that statehouses may Guard. The ‘us and them’ environment need to be activated have had about controlling the Guard must change if Guard combat brigades GEN Creighton Abrams, who when called to federal service. are to meet the expectations set out for became Army chief of staff during this them in the national defense strategy.”11 transition, had a separate cost prob- Desert Shield/Desert Storm lem. He believed the Army needed 16 On Aug. 22, 1990, in connection Longer Limited Deployments divisions to meet the Cold War threat. with the international response to the In the 1980s and 1990s, the Army However, the Army was only funded Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, President Reserve forces, both Guard and for 13 divisions. When James R. Schle- George H.W. Bush directed the first Reserve, conducted extended humani- t singer became secretary of defense, he involuntary call to active duty of the tarian operations in Central America. agreed to permit the Army to have the Selected Reserve during the Total Force The missions used a combination of three additional divisions if they could era. volunteers and units on annual training. be created at no additional expense. For the major ground effort into The year 1995 saw the beginning of an GEN Abrams proceeded to expand Kuwait and Iraq in 1991, the Army was extended peacekeeping mission in Bos- his force by replacing a Regular Army able to select units with specific skills nia that was supported by Regular units brigade with a National Guard brigade that were complementary to those of and National Guard Combat units, in seven divisions. the Regular forces rather than call- both on six-month rotation schedules. These two cost-reducing mea- ing for a more general supplementary The Army Reserve provided CS and sures, one by Secretary Laird and one activation. CS/CSS units from both CSS support to both the Regular and by GEN Abrams, are credited for the Guard and Reserve were activated Guard forces. an apparently apocryphal doctrine, in such numbers that nearly one-third Desert Storm and lesser deploy- whereby the inclusion of the Reserves of the troops in-theater were from the ments had proved the effectiveness and in any conflict would bring the effort Reserve forces. timeliness of Reserve support for CS more forcefully before the general Seven National Guard brigades had and CSS functions, and Bosnia had not population and thereby place a politi- been included as round-out elements of only given the Regular Army more con- cal review and possible brake on the Army divisions, but the Regular Army fidence in the capabilities of the Guard president. Most evidence, including a hierarchy was reluctant to use them. Po- combat brigades but also allowed the study by Creighton W. Abrams, son of litical pressure was applied before three Guard to prove it really could perform GEN Abrams, indicates that Abrams’ Guard maneuver brigades—two mecha- as advertised. turn to the Reserve was primarily based nized infantry and one armored—were During the first month of major on pragmatic economics and not on activated, but none got farther than the operations of Operation Iraqi Freedom, l Secu r ity Rep or ti ona political activism.9 Whether Reserve National Training Center, Fort Irwin, some 20,000 Reserve and National a activation was intended as an outcome Calif. They were replaced in the deploy- Guard Soldiers were included in the or not, the Army must now activate ing division’s structure by Regular Army invasion force. Most, as in Operation certain elements of the Reserve forces brigades moved in from other divisions. Desert Storm, were from CS or CSS for all but the smallest of forays, thus Following the brief war, the Army once units. The unanticipated length of both bringing greater public scrutiny. again restructured its supplementary the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts ROA N ROA In 1986, the governor of Min- force by designating some National created the need for troop rotations, nesota objected to the deployment Guard maneuver brigades as enhanced both with respect to CS and CSS, as of a detachment from the Minnesota brigades. These were yet another of the well as combat units. The Army Reserve National Guard to Honduras to con- groups that were to be properly trained has had the depth to rotate its comple- duct training, and his objection ended and equipped. A 1995 Government Ac- mentary support units, and the Guard up in the Supreme Court. The court counting Office report on the training has been called on for brigade combat in its decision said that since 1933 all status of three enhanced brigades found teams. For what may be the first time Guardsmen and units had been part them not able to reach Army standards since the days of the Colonial militia, of the Army and that Congress, in in the 90 days allotted for deployment. the Reserve forces are being employed its responsibility to “provide for the The study concluded:“Any significant in the units in which they drill. Other common defense,” could send them improvement in the proficiency levels long or large wars, although employing where it pleased. The court went on to of National Guard combat brigades supplementary forces, have always first say, effectively, that “common defense” are not likely to be attained without a had to recruit the Reserve forces up to and “raise armies” trumped the militia marked improvement in the relation- strength through volunteers, draftees,

88 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG or unit combinations. Beyond doubt The Reserve Components, grow- LCDR Walker has been a human or question, the long wars of Southwest ing progressively more capable, are resources consultant to all three military Asia have matured the professionalism still much cheaper to maintain when departments, the Office of the Secretary of the Reserve forces. rotated out of theater than Regular of Defense (OSD), and Congress for 30 forces. Reserve combat forces are no years. During the past few years, he has What Now? longer the Minutemen of Lexington been engaged by the Wexford Group In- The constructive thinking at the and Concord who could lay down the ternational and OSD (Reserve Affairs) outset of the Total Force era, which plough and take rapidly to the field. to study and make recommendations gave specific and non-conflicting roles Deployment preparation for a Reserve on Reserve manpower and personnel

for each of the Army Reserve forces, combat brigade going to Southwest management problems. ROA N has provided the Army with a flexible Asia now takes six months. The support COL Pullen, a Life Member of ROA, and effective response when the na- units, primarily from the Army Reserve has held senior public affairs positions tional interest calls for more land forces but also activated by the National at the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, than those in the Regular Army. This Guard, are able to deploy somewhat and the Office of the Chief, Public -Af allocation of tasks has served the nation more rapidly than the combat forces. fairs, Headquarters Department of the a well in conflicts, major and minor, The Reserve forces still enjoy strong Army. He was director of public affairs, ti ona l Secu r ity Rep or brief and prolonged. At the same community connections. However, Office of Military Cooperation–Afghani- time, the reliance on Reserve forces based on the history of the past 38 stan, in 2004. for both complementary and supple- years, the idea that the need to engage 1 Senate Report No. 80-1268 8775 S. REP. 80- mentary augmentation of the Regular the Reserve forces will put a brake 1268. 2 The Elston Act, Pub. L. No. 80-759, 62 Stat. forces over extended periods has put on the president when deciding on 604, 627-44, 1948. the Reserve forces in a situation not military action has proved to be wishful 3 62 Stat. 1087, June 29, 1948. 4 envisioned when they were established, thinking. An Act to provide for the inactive duty training pay for the Organized Reserve Corps, to provide or even during the many modifications The Regular Army has made use uniform standards, 62 Stat. 87, Oct. 25, 1948. they have undergone. of both organized and individual 5 66 Stat. 476, July 9, 1952. We are faced now with one more 6 William W. Kaufman, The McNamara Strategy (volunteer or conscripted) supplemen- (Harper and Row: New York, N.Y., 1964). attempt to sort out the Reserves into tary forces in every major war in this 7 Report of the President’s Commission on an All- who will fight and who will stay home country’s history. In the larger wars, it Volunteer Armed Force, Feb. 20, 1970. 8 “unless we really, really need you.” “Structuring U.S. Forces after the Cold War: Costs has managed to work successfully with and Effects of Increased Reliance on the Reserves,” For five years now, the Department the supplementary force but seems Congressional Budget Office, September 1992, p. 7. of Defense, including Reserve profes- unable to carry its positive experience 9 Creighton W. Abrams Jr., The Sixteen Division Force, Anatomy of a Decision (Fort Leavenworth, sionals, has been talking about an forward to the next occasion. In South- Kan.: U.S. Army Command and General Staff 12 operational reserve. Whether dividing west Asia, the experience of working College, 1975). the Reserve into an operational reserve together over a long period with both 10 Perpich v. Department of Defense: 496 U.S. 334, 110 L.Ed.2d 312, 110 S. Ct. 2418, 1990. and strategic reserve is both the right supplementary and complementary 11 Army National Guard: Combat Brigades’ and workable answer to solving what Reserve forces has been a positive for Ability to Be Ready for War in 90 Days Is has been for some years a shortage of both the Regular and Reserve forces. Uncertain (Chapter Report, 06/02/95, GAO/ NSIAD-95-91) Chapter 3:6, Feb. 15, 1991. t Regular troops is a question with an Perhaps this time the effect will carry 12 “Changing of the Guard,” George Cahlink, uncertain answer. over to next time. Government Executive, April 15, 2004, p. 44.

Contributions to the Defense Education Trust Fund are tax deductible under the provisions of Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Defense Education Committee: Maj Barbara D. Manouse, USAFR, chairman; COL Marco A. Marin, USAR. vice chairman; Col Anne F. Hamilton, USAFR; CAPT Charles A. Jindrich II, USNR (Ret.); COL James R. Carr, USAR; CAPT Karen Kreutzberg, USNR; CAPT Henry E. Plimack, USCGR (Ret.), ex-officio PAO; Lt Col Judy M. Ford, USAFR, ROAL representative; COL John D. Davenport, USAR (Ret.), ExCom liaison; COL William G. Willis, AUS (Ret.), National Council liaison; LTC Robert Feidler, USAR, staff liaison; MG David R. Bockel, USA (Ret.), publisher; Eric Minton, editor, ROA National Security Report.

Defense Education Forum Emeritus Board Co-Chairs: CAPT Ned Kulp, USCGR (Ret.), and BG Louis Myers, ARNG (Ret.). Committee members: *LTC Nate Allen, AUS (Ret.); CDR John Conant, USNR (Ret.); COL David Davenport, USAR; Maj Joylyn Grant, USAFR; Col Paul Groskreutz, USAFR; Lt Col Judy Larson, USAFR; Col John Loughran, USAF (Ret.); *BG John McAllister, USAR (Ret.); CAPT Robert L. Pendleton, USCGR (Ret.); CAPT Henry E. Plimack, USCGR (Ret.); CAPT Joe Wielert, USCGR (Ret.); CAPT David. L. Woods, USNR (Ret.); RADM Steve Yusem, USNR (Ret.). * Deceased

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ROA Authors Here is a roundup of books published lows us a glimpse into the obstacles the pilots faced during their missions against this year by Association members. the Germans, and reveals the costs of the campaign during World War II. Bounce: Living the Resilient Life Florida State University. Beginning with his early years in Ar- by Robert J. Wicks Along the way, COL Smith kansas City, Kan., the memoir follows (Oxford University Press) describes the tension in our Lt Col Lewis through World War II to then-young country between his deployment in the Korean War. He Reviewed by Eric Minton, Editor having a large standing army versus describes his journey as “a time of great- These are trying times, for the nation relying on Citizen Soldiers; this ten- ness on the part of many, yet it was, too, as a whole dealing with a job-depleting sion contributed to the founding of our a time of terror, disappointment, and all economic slump, and for the armed then-private military colleges. the human emotions of any other time.” forces engaged in two wars. The Army, During the last gasps of the Confed- Pulled together from the author’s mem- in particular, is grappling with what eracy, cadets from the three schools— ories, military records, and the records some see as a pandemic of mental health some reportedly as young as 12 years of the 493rd Bomb Group, Angel on My problems among Soldiers and families. old—fought alongside grizzled vet- Wing is an engaging read for veterans, It is perhaps fortuitous timing, then, erans during three Civil War battles. especially pilots, who served during that ROA member Dr. Robert Wicks, a The experience of The Citadel cadets is World War II. former Marine Corps captain and representative. After Sherman burned currently a psychology professor Atlanta in the fall of 1864, Confeder- ate forces fought near Charleston, S.C., Always a Soldier at Loyola University, Md., has by George W. Hughes just published his latest book to keep the railroad lines open. Accord- on resilience as a mental health ing to one account, “the South Caro- (Outskirts Press) tool. Bounce guides readers lina Cadets in their smart uniforms ROA member George W. Hughes on a course to self-knowledge and with their blue silk flag . . . stood in served two tours in Vietnam and earned and self-care with the end stark contrast to the raggedy Confeder- a Distinguished Service Cross for his goal of reducing stress or, at ates around them.” actions leading a platoon on a reinforce­ least, taking control of stress in their At only 80 pages, Faithful to the Ob- ment mission. He completed his 20- lives. Look for tips on creating your own ligations of Honor is a concise, well-re- year career in the Army as a major self-care protocol, debriefing yourself, searched clear account of a part of Civil and started his own carpet-cleaning and fostering friendships, resilience, and War history that is presented in frag- business. Looking back, though, MAJ compassion, what the author calls “a mentary form elsewhere. It’s an interest- Hughes sees a life that could have been powerful healing combination.” ing read for proud graduates of military as easily derailed early and often. colleges, Civil War buffs, and those MAJ Hughes presents his memoir, interested in a historical look at the Ac- Always a Soldier, as lessons learned that Faithful to the Obligations of Honor tive versus Reserve military debate. he wants to pass on to others, especially by James B. Smith younger people. A self-described delin- (PublishAmerica) Angel on My Wing quent growing up in post–World War II by Richard “Dick” B. Lewis America, he takes us through his enlist- Reviewed by LtCol M.E. Earl, USMCR (Published by Richard Lewis) ing in the Army, which sent him to Eu- (Ret.), Associate Editor rope at a time Cold War tensions were In his book Faithful to the Obliga- Reviewed by Heba Toulan running at their highest. He recounts tions of Honor, ROA Life Member Angel on My Wing, a memoir by ROA how his military training and experi- COL James Smith AUS (Ret.) provides Life Member Lt Col Richard “Dick” B. ences helped him overcome self-doubts a brief and fascinating glimpse into why Lewis, USAFR (Ret.), offers harrowing and too many mistakes before he gained battle streamers are on the flags of three stories of B-17 bomber flight combats, his commission and finally arrived at a college ROTC corps of cadets: Virginia including detailed descriptions of each crossroads of life experience during his Military Institute, The Citadel, and of his missions in the air. The author al- tours in Vietnam.—EM

90 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Great to Gone Never Give In by Jim Collins (HarperCollins)

Reviewed by Col Will Holahan, USMCR (Ret.) Mr. Collins describes this stage as a most im Collins has written another sure-to-be corporate pivotal place. If ROA truly believes that it has a management best-seller, How the Mighty Fall: And clear and inspired purpose built on core values, Why Some Companies Never Give In. This book is fo- then the “noble cause … is to fight on, reverse Jcused on corporate America, but has immediate parallels and decline, and rekindle greatness.” The author pinpoints this applicability to the predicament in which ROA finds itself. place as “where the point of the continuing struggle is not Mr. Collins writes that decline can be detected, staved off, just surviving, but building an enterprise that makes a dis- and reversed. Great companies—and, in ROA’s case, institu- tinctive impact on the world it touches.” Executing ROA’s tions—can stumble, even badly, and recover. The leadership mission, both stated and implied in the Charter as the pre- abilities of ROA’s elected members, charting the way for- eminient representative of Reserve Component issues, is ward, would do well to read this work as they ponder ROA’s where the Association’s excellence must prevail. nearer-term strategic imperatives. The book includes examples of the type of inspired lead- The author assists in this process by describing the five ership that confronted such brutal realities and how they fo- stages of decline: 1) hubris born of success; 2) undisciplined cused on breaking the trend of decline. The author says that pursuit of more; 3) denial of risk and peril; 4) grasping for reversing course in stage four is still possible as long as the survival; and 5) capitulation to irrelevance and death. Mem- organization has enough resources to get out of the cycle of bers reading this will arrive at the startling reality that ROA grasping and then rebuilding, one initiative at a time. is most probably exiting stage three and moving headlong into, if not already in, stage four. Col Holahan is the ROA Director of Member Services.

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CAPT Samuel F. Wright, JAGC, USN (Ret.) • Director, servicemembers’ LAW center

Law Review 0962 Don’t Chafe the Chaplain Federal agency tells deployed employee it plans to keep his replacement rather than re-hire him. : I am a civilian chaplain for the U.S. Depart- without having received a punitive (by court martial) or ment of Veterans Affairs (VA) and a chaplain in other-than-honorable discharge. 38 U.S.C. 4304. the Army Reserve. I began my federal civil ser- • You must have made a timely application for reemploy- Qvice career in October 2007, after I graduated from my ment with the pre-service employer. After a period of denomination’s seminary. I joined the Army Reserve as a more than 180 days of service, you have 90 days to apply chaplain at almost exactly the same time. I had no prior for reemployment. 38 U.S.C. 4312(e)(1)(D). military service and no federal civilian employment be- Let us assume you left active duty on Nov. 30, 2009, and fore October 2007. applied for reemployment on Dec. 2, 2009. In that case, the The Army Reserve called me to active duty and de- VA is required to have you back on the payroll within two ployed me to Afghanistan, where I am currently serving. weeks after your application, or by Dec. 16, 2009. 20 C.F.R. My orders are for one year, from Dec. 1, 2008, to Nov. 1002.181. 30, 2009. I expect to apply for reemployment with the VA If you meet the USERRA eligibility criteria, the VA is shortly after I leave active duty. required to reemploy you “in the position of employment in I have several questions about my rights as a federal which the person would have been employed if the continu- employee away from work for military service. First, will ous employment of such person with the employer had not I have the right to return to my VA job after I leave active been interrupted by such [uniformed] service, or a position duty? of like seniority, status, and pay, the duties of which the per- A: You will have the right to reemployment in your pre- son is qualified to perform.” 38 U.S.C. 4313(a)(2)(A) (em- service civilian job, provided you meet the eligibility criteria phasis supplied). under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploy- I invite the your attention to the Law Review library at ment Rights Act (USERRA): www.roa.org/law_review. Go to Category 1.3.2.4 in the Sub- • You must have left a civilian position of employment ject Index for eight articles about the concept of “status” under for the purpose of performing voluntary or involuntary USERRA. Location (commuting area) is an aspect of status, service in the uniformed services—anything from five and so is daytime versus nighttime work. In your situation, it hours to five years. 38 U.S.C. 4312(a). It is clear you seems reasonable to conclude that if you had not been called meet this criterion. to active duty, you would still be in the position that you left. • You must have given the employer prior oral or written Q: Last week, my VA supervisor sent me an e-mail in- notice. 38 U.S.C. 4312(a)(1). For purposes of this ar- forming me my position has been filled and the new chap- ticle, I will assume you gave such notice. lain is doing a fine job, so I will not be rehired upon my • Your cumulative period of uniformed service, relating return. Does USERRA require the employer to reemploy to the employer relationship for which you seek reem- me even if that means displacing another employee? ployment, must not have exceeded five years. Because A: Yes. Here’s an excerpt from the ruling in the case Nich- your current period of service is involuntary, it does not ols v. Department of Veterans Affairs, 11 F.3d 160, 163 (Fed. count toward your five-year limit. 38 U.S.C. 4312(c). Cir. 1993). Interestingly, Nichols was a VA chaplain. “The • You must have been released from the period of service department first argues that, in this case, Nichols’ former position was ‘unavailable’ because it was occupied

On t h e We b : Read online-only law reviews by another, and thus it was within the department’s by the Servicemembers’ Law Center at discretion to place Nichols in an equivalent posi- www.roa.org/law_review. tion. This is incorrect. Nichols’ former position is not unavailable because it still exists, even if occupied by

92 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER–JANUARY 2009-10 WWW.ROA.ORG another. A returning veteran will not be denied his rightful must lay off the replacement in order to reemploy the return- position because the employer will be forced to displace an- ing veteran. I think your situation is such a case. other employee. ‘Employers must tailor their workforces to I invite your attention to Law Review 0829 (June 2008), accommodate returning veterans’ statutory rights to reem- titled “USERRA Overrides the Interests of the Replacement ployment. Although such arrangements may produce tem- Employee.” Also, you should ask your supervisor to read Law porary work dislocations for nonveteran employees, these Review 134 (Sept. 2004), titled “Employers—Please Don’t hardships fall within the contemplation of the Act, which is Bother Them in Iraq.” to be construed liberally to benefit those who ‘left private life Q: In Law Review 185 (September 2005) and Law Re- to serve their country.’ Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair view 0859 (December 2008), you wrote that USERRA ., 328 U.S. 275, 285 (1946).’ , Corp Goggin v. Lincoln St. Louis does not apply to Reserve Component chaplains. I am an 702 F.2d 698, 704 (8th Cir. 1983). Although occupied by ordained minister and a chaplain in the Army Reserve, as Walsh, Nichols’ former position is not unavailable and it is well as a VA chaplain. Does that present a problem? irrelevant that the department would be forced to displace Walsh to restore him.” A: No. I wrote in Law Reviews 185 and 0859 that because For other cases holding that the lack of a current vacancy of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it is impos- does not excuse the employer’s failure to reemploy the re- sible to enforce USERRA and other laws against religious turning veteran, I invite your attention to Cole v. Swint, 961 institutions as employers, especially with regard to ordained F.2d 58 (5th Cir. 1992); Fitz v. Board of Education of the Port employees. The VA is not a religious institution. You can en- Huron Area Schools, 662 F. Supp. 10 (E.D. Mich. 1985); and force your rights against the VA through the Merit Systems Green v. Oktibbeha County Hospital, 526 F. Supp. 49 (N.D. Protection Board, a quasi-judicial federal agency, just like any Miss. 1981). There are circumstances in which the employer other federal employee with a USERRA claim. x

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ROA Names MG Bockel New Executive Director By Andrew Gonyea, Assistant Director of Communications he Reserve Officers Association of the United States executive director. He announced the selection of its new executive director, succeeds LtGen Dennis MG David R. Bockel. He has served as deputy execu- M. McCarthy, USMC Ttive director of the Association since 2005. (Ret.), who was ap- A graduate of the Army War College, MG Bockel retired pointed to serve as assis- from the Army Reserve in 2003. His 37-year military career tant secretary of defense included tours in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division for Reserve affairs. and the 199th Light Infantry Brigade. He held several com- In his civilian career, MG Bockel owned an PHOTO ERIC MINTON/ROA mand positions including commanding general of the 90th MG Bockel and his wife, Jane, Regional Support Command, deputy commanding gen- advertising company in with Dr. Jill Biden, center, dur- eral augmentee of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, com- Atlanta, Ga. He holds a ing a Veterans Day luncheon at mander of the U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Command, and bachelors of science in the vice president’s residence. deputy commanding general of the 311th Theater Signal marketing from the Uni- Command. He has numerous decorations including the Dis- versity of Alabama and was a distinguished graduate from its tinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and Meritorious ROTC program. A Life Member of ROA, he also is a member Service Medal, among others. of the Military Officers Association of America, Veterans of Prior to this position, MG Bockel was ROA’s deputy Foreign Wars, and Jewish War Veterans. x The Reilly Legacy Continues Thanks to recently retired RADM Robert D. Reilly Jr., USN, great-great nephew of ROA founder BG Henry J. Reilly, USAR, another BG Reilly artifact is now on ROA’s wall. The younger Reilly in November presented to ROA National President RADM Paul Kayye, USNR (Ret.), a large map that then–2LT Henry Reilly drew of Fort Reilly, Kan., at the turn of the 20th century. RADM Reilly closed out his own 34-year Navy career when he retired during an Oct. 16 ceremony on the USNS Comfort in Baltimore, Md. The ceremony’s program in- cluded the family trees of RADM Reilly and his wife, former Navy LT Carol Lynn Jacob Reilly—a family that includes 21 Pro Patria Award servicemen and -women dating back to the Civil War. Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve honored Among them is BG ROA with its second highest award, the Pro Patria Reilly, who in 1922 Award, at a Sept. 24 ceremony at the Washington founded ROA and Navy Yard. Maj David Small, USAFR, ROA’s director would serve as its first of communications and Air Force affairs, nominated ROA for the award, which translates as “for our na- president. In 1964, tion.” “ROA doesn’t just talk the talk. It practices what it BG Reilly donated preaches by providing exceptional support to the hand- his extensive library

ful of Reservists like me whom they employ when we of military and dip- ERIC MINTON/ROA PHOTO have to put on the uniform,” Maj Small said. From left lomatic books to the are CAPT Marshall Hanson, USNR (Ret.), ROA direc- tor of legislative and military policy and Naval Services Association, and the section; ROA Executive Director MG David Bockel, H.J. Reilly Library in USA (Ret.); Maj Small; and CAPT Sam Wright, USNR the ROA Minuteman (Ret.), director of the Servicemembers’ Law Center. Memorial Building is RADM Reilly, left, and his great- named in his honor. x great uncle’s map with RADM Kayye

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Department of California Bruce Smith, National Football League Chapter 57 members had a busy 2009 presenting awards Hall of Famer. The former star defensive at high schools and colleges throughout the area. All in all, end publicly acknowledged his support members presented awards to 27 JROTC high school pro- of National Guard and Reserve members grams, nine awards at three ROTC college programs, and by signing an ESGR Statement of Sup- 70 Silver Bar presentations at commissioning ceremonies. port in October during Fleet Week at the CAPT Ann Holler, USNR, coordinated the events. Naval Station, Norfolk, Va. x Department of Illinois Department of Illinois President Col Janet Kamer, USAFR, participated in a signing ceremony July 26 as Illinois Gov- $'HFDGHRI([FHO2YHU

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RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE Maintaining Momentum ROAL heads into its National Convention intent on making an impact. By Catherine Luke, National ROAL 1st Vice President members were given an opportunity to respond in a variety of ways: the 2008 spring newsletter, the website, and circulation OAL—an organization in transition—on a trajec- to conference attendees. Complete results of the survey are tory to potential greatness? We pondered this chal- posted on the ROAL website (www.roa.org/roal). The results lenge at the completion of our conference during represent responses from 9 percent of our members, and al- theR Orlando National Convention. Shirley Garrett, profes- though the sampling was limited, SPC members felt it would sional facilitator, led the brainstorming session to help us be a place to begin. We hope that publishing these results will identify the short-term needs that would lead to long-term generate action from those who did not respond. The group success. We discovered we need to: concluded that there were a number of survey questions that 1. Identify our relationship with ROA. addressed the four needs identified in Orlando. Getting a response from members can be difficult. Congratu- 2. Establish our presence and purpose. lations to you for using a variety of methods. 3. Explore the potential of regional meetings that are Our first need is to more clearly define our relationship affordable, purposeful, and fun. with ROA. Fifty-five percent of respondents reported being 4. Improve communication through technology, in- ROA spousal members, and 42 percent of those identified cluding the web, e-mail, webinars, and Facebook. supporting ROA’s mission as the major purpose of ROAL. During the past several months, the Executive Board and In general, 60 percent of respondents cited supporting mili- the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) took steps to main- tary Reservist families as the major purpose for ROAL while tain the momentum—the critical factor for success. While 30 percent responded that affecting legislative change is the your leaders have both enthusiasm and energy for moving purpose of ROAL. ahead, we are concerned we would not be representing the Understanding the purpose of the organization is critical for wishes and best thinking of the entire membership. We also its continued success. It is not unusual for the purpose of a group pose the question, “What would Dr. Garret say?” when we to change over time. The most important thing is that all mem- ponder an idea. This article is intended to address both of bers support the primary and secondary purposes of ROAL. those issues. Dr. Garret has graciously agreed to react to our Clarity about this is a must. During this time of more and more troop activation, it seems that supporting those families first efforts at follow-through.Her ( comments are italicized.) will encourage more participation in the membership. The first action we took was to pass a bylaws resolution Getting together as a group is getting more difficult for to change the area director constituencies to four regions: our members. Twenty-three percent reported they would Northeastern, Middle America, Southeastern, and Western. attend a summer or fall regional meeting, and 54 percent We want representation for all clubs and departments (some responded “maybe.” Responses related to current meeting at- previous areas were without directors). Further, we want to tendance is as follows: expand the role of the area directors to provide active com- munication with clubs as we seek to establish the role of na- • Seventy percent of the respondents reported attending club meetings always (42 percent) or often (28 percent). tional/department/club structures, since we may hold only one national meeting a year. We voted to suspend the current • Department meetings are attended by a smaller propor- award structure for recognizing clubs as we expand our com- tion, 52 percent attending often or always. munication efforts. • Thirty-six percent of respondents reported they attend Great steps. The idea is to simplify the structure so that it is national conventions always or often. easily understood and creates better representation of all areas. Many of you long-term members recall the days of national After all, no one likes to feel left out! meetings that included formal meetings, fun outings, dinners off- Our second step was to review the final results of the mem- site, and special events. These activities have served a great pur- bership survey. During the Orlando session, we discussed pose for the members. Today’s members might see themselves serv- preliminary results. The survey was created by the SPC so we ing more locally and do not have the resources to attend national could create a transition plan based on membership needs. All conferences. Local leaders have the opportunity to foster more

96 t h e Of f i c e r / DECEMBER 2009–JANUARY 2010 WWW.ROA.ORG involvement by developing meetings that address the needs of the goodbye to ROAL as it was several years ago and say hello and local members. National meetings should provide the right blend welcome to the evolution of the organization. of work and fun to attract members who attend ROA with their I encourage every member, whether your local group is active spouses. This area needs to be discussed at length at local meetings. or close to dormant, to respond to the surveys, questionnaires, When asked to rank the factors that influenced the deci- and inquiries posed by your leadership team. You will help cre- sion to attend meetings, information, relationship-build- ate a vibrant organization that will serve you and military ing/networking, and affordability were ranked highest. As families for years to come. x important, factors preventing ROAL respondents from attending included health, cost, relevance, work responsi- bilities, travel, and family/child care, in that order. Responses were directly cor- related to the age of the respondents. Consistently providing members with what they want will drive the attendance at meetings. Let’s face it, many people simply cannot afford the time away from home for national meetings. Making sure that members get value for membership at the local level can increase participation. And when the time is right, maybe more locals will be able to attend national. Given the surge in the use of technol- ogy for communication, the leadership group is exploring better options to keep in touch. A special session with ROA webmaster Kelly Matthews is scheduled during the February conference, and expanding the use of the ROAL website for purposes of communicating local activities is a major goal. In addition, the SPC and area directors have initiated monthly teleconferences, and ROAL is introducing a Facebook link. Most important, please react to any information in this article by mail, con- versation, or blog. We need your input! Final thoughts from Dr. Garrett: For more than two years, I’ve had the opportu- nity to get to know the ROAL leadership team. I’ve worked with many organiza- tions who recognize the need for change, but few who are committed to doing the hard work that creates positive change. This group is devoted to moving in a direc- tion that keeps ROAL alive and active. I really like that. And I know there is a bit of sadness as traditions change. Nostalgia keeps many groups stuck. My hat is off to the women and men who are willing to say

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Human Capital Strategy The Wexford Group International is an honest, profitable company serving our nation’s interest at home and abroad. CACI–Wexford helps the Department of the Navy Wexford provides consultation and reach its Total Force manpower goals. services in acquisition management, operational applications of technology, exford Group International, a CACI company, place, and at the best value, to strategic communications, and has long provided continuing consulting services support or accomplish 21st management organization and to clients, providing oversight of Reserve Com- performance. We focus on challenging century naval missions. and high-impact projects where we Wponent responsibilities, including to the assistant secretary of CACI–Wexford consul- believe our support will really make a the Navy (manpower and Reserve affairs) and the assistant tants have supported a range difference. secretary of defense (Reserve affairs). of important policy initiatives. (www.thewexfordgroup.com) CACI–Wexford’s support to the Department of the A summary of these transforma- Navy’s Human Capital Strategy is one of its most significant tion activities includes assisting in the following: formula- efforts in regard to Reserve Sailors and Marines. This strategy tion of a comprehensive Total Force Policy and a detailed is vital to transforming the Total Naval Force—Active and Strategic Action Plan: improvement and integration of the Reserve personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps, govern- department’s workforce diversity program; improvement of ment civilians, contractors, and volunteers—to meet changes personnel management processes by human performance and challenges of the 21st century. optimization; support of an increased role by the assistant New and diverse threats required transforming the De- secretary of the Navy (manpower and Reserve affairs) in the partment of the Navy’s workforce into a more agile, ready, human resources management information systems; collabo- capable, and technology-based force. This force also had to ration within and outside of the department on methods be total and integrated, emphasizing the value of people and and practices to optimize workforce planning and utiliza- developing them as key resources to support readiness and tion; and development of Total Force planning and manage- mission accomplishment. ment of strategic initiatives. CACI–Wexford consultants assisted the Department of An important feature of the Human Capital Strategy is its the Navy team that developed the Human Capital Strategy development of the policy of continuum of service, to sup- in 2004 and revised it in 2007. They continue to support the port the seamless transition of military and civilian members human capital system that is resulting from this strategy, a between different career avenues at different stages of their system that directly or indirectly impacts Navy and Marine lives. This policy benefits the individual, the Navy Depart- Corps Reserve personnel and their families. ment, and the nation by providing multiple opportunities to The strategy’s goals focus on people and people manage- move between statuses—Active and Reserve military, govern- ment. From these goals comes a rich portfolio of initiatives ment civilian, contractor, and volunteer—without compro- and actions, all with a clear objective to produce and employ mising opportunities, compensation, or lifestyle and resulting the right people with the right skills, at the right time and in a ready reservoir of people to serve when needed. x

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AFR Chief Delivers Boeing’s Milestone C-17 Boeing delivered the aboard a C-17 190th C-17 Globemaster as they’re A I R F OR C E RESER III to the U.S. Air Force dur- quickly re- ing a ceremony Oct. 28 at turned to the its final assembly facility in United States V E C OMMA ND PHOTO The Boeing Company is the world’s Long Beach, Calif. for additional largest aerospace company, with leading Lt Gen Charles Stenner, treatment. Lt products and services in commercial chief of the Air Force Re- Gen Stenner and military aircraft and space and serve and commander, Air said that the communications. Boeing military products include fighters, bombers, Force Reserve Command, C-17’s ability Boeing’s 190th C-17 taxis in at Charleston tankers, transports, and helicopters, piloted the advanced air- to deliver sup- AFB with Lt Gen Stenner at the controls. along with missiles, homeland security, lifter to its new home at the plies and per- advanced information, communications, 437th Active and 315th sonnel directly where needed has significantly reduced the and space systems. Military aerospace Reserve wings at Charles- need for military convoys to risk exposure to deadly roadside support also provides maintenance and ton AFB, S.C. bombs. upgrades to all these systems. Boeing products are in use in 145 countries. Lt Gen Stenner, a com- “The C-17 does everything we ask it to do,” Lt Gen (www.boeing.com) mand pilot with more Stenner told Boeing employees attending the delivery cer- than 3,500 hours of flight emony. “There’s nothing that will match this aircraft. It’s not time, described the C-17 just airlift; it’s the aeromedical capability. It’s the best capa- as “premier, a fantastic piece of machinery.” bility to have, bar none. I’m proud to be flying this airplane In particular, Lt Gen Stenner noted the critical role that off the ramp today,” Lt Gen Stenner told employees just mo- C-17s play in Iraq and Afghanistan, where they’ve boosted ments before he and his crew left Long Beach. the survival rate of the nation’s wounded to more than 90 The U.S. Air Force has ordered a total of 213 C-17s, with percent. Wounded personnel receive critical medical care production currently set through July 2011. x SAIC Event Honors Women in the Military Since the American Revolution, approximately 2.5 mil- ans or members of the Reserve. lion women have served in the U.S. military. Today, women Retired U.S. Air Force Brig Gen Wilma Vaught, one of make up about 20 percent of the total force. On Oct. 21 the most decorated military women in U.S. history, stressed at the memorial for Women in Military the need to continue support for the Service for America (WIMSA), Science WIMSA Memorial Foundation, which Applications International Corp. (SAIC) built and maintains the memorial as a trib- honored our nation’s military women, past ute to the nation’s military women. Brig and present, and demonstrated its commit- Gen Vaught also thanked SAIC employ- ment to veterans and Reservists. ees for their military service and SAIC SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, High-ranking Active Duty and retired engineering, systems integration, and for its support of the memorial. SAIC military women, SAIC executives, and technical services and solutions to all recently donated $35,000 to the WIMSA members of SAIC’s board of directors gath- U.S. military branches, Department of Foundation. Defense agencies, the intelligence ered for the event at the memorial, located - “SAIC is proud to support the at the ceremonial entrance to Arlington community, the Department of Home WIMSA Memorial and to have this op- National Cemetery. Guest speakers included land Security, and other U.S. govern- portunity to recognize the talent, sac- ment agencies, as well as to commercial U.S. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), and re- customers. With more than 43,000 rifice, and dedication of our employees tired U.S. Army LTG Claudia Kennedy, the employees in 150 cities worldwide and who have served and continue to serve first woman to receive that flag rank in the annual revenues of $7.8 billion, SAIC their country,” said Debbie James, an Army. Special recognition was given to select solves complex technical challenges SAIC senior vice president and business SAIC employees who are armed forces veter- requiring innovative solutions for unit general manager. x customers' mission-critical functions. (www.saic.com)

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Elizabeth h. manning • senior editor, The officer

Army Mental Health Launches Tele-Counseling. With This Winter, Stay Safe… The Naval Safety Center has 2009 looking to be another record year for Army suicides, launched a campaign to show you how. Impress your Trivial and the latest mental-health survey confirming that the risk Pursuit rivals with the latest statistics on snow shoveling. of combat stress (and marital stress) increases as deployments Did you know emergency room admissions for cardiac-re- pile up, the Army is looking for new ways to help its troops. lated conditions can spike 60 percent in the 24 hours after The latest is counseling via the Internet, either in text via a snowstorm? Then check out tips for enjoying these chilly chat and e-mail, or in voice via Skype, the Internet telephone traditions the right way. There’s everything from how-to lists service. Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker said the for burning artificial logs to driving in winter conditions, idea comes out of the challenge of reaching servicemembers as well as articles on how to get in shape for flag football particularly in Afghanistan, where bases are often widely dis- and videos for cooking turkeys in a fryer (hint: thaw first). persed with rough terrain in between, making them difficult Browse the range of helpful stuff at safetycenter.navy.mil/ to reach in person. He also noted that the Army has signifi- seasonal/Fall-Winter09/index.asp. cantly increased its number of behavioral health specialists, up from 350 in 2007 to 2,700 civilian and active duty psy- …and Healthy. We’re surrounded these days by not just chologists and psychiatrists. influenza viruses but information about them. You might be wondering whom to trust for accuracy. The Department of Defense (DoD) has created flu-specific pages in its Mili- tary Health System site that contain resources and updates. Index to Advertisers Two recent postings that caught our eye were a transcript of a town hall in which flu experts answered questions from Boeing Inside Front Cover servicemembers and their families, and another article in Bonner & Associates 93 which physicians discussed the lessons they’ve learned so far in dealing with the H1N1 (“swine flu”) virus. There’s also a Booz Allen Hamilton 21 link on the site for frequently asked questions that directs Daimler 69 you to the DoD Pandemic Influenza Watchboard. Finally, Delta Dental 91 the site includes a link to the Military Vaccine Agency (www. vaccines.mil), which contains H1N1 vaccine information for DRS Technologies 19 Guard and Reserves as well as Active Duty personnel. x ESGR 39 Graduate Management Follow us on twitter @ReserveOfficer. Admission Council 41 Become a Fan of ROA on Facebook at Government Vacation Rewards 7 www.roa.org/facebook_fan LMR 95 Lockheed Martin 65 Coming Events Marsh 25 CIOR Winter Seminar, Wesseling, Germany Northrop Grumman 5 Jan. 31–Feb. 3 Pentagon Federal Credit Union Back Cover CIOR Winter Meeting, Brussels, Belgium Premier Bathroom 11 Feb. 3–6, 2010 ROA/ROAL National Convention, Washington, D.C. Remember My Service 35 Feb. 7–10, 2010 SAIC 23 ROA National Council Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev. Top of the Hill 73 June 25–27, 2010 TriWest Inside Back Cover ROA/ROAL National Convention, Washington, D.C. University of Texas at Austin 9 Jan. 29–Feb. 2, 2011 USAA 3 ROA/ROAL National Convention, Washington, D.C. Wexford 97 Jan. 28–Feb. 1, 2012

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